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From: jclark@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (John Clark)
Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks
Subject: Re: i860 MIPS?
Message-ID: <18003@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>
Date: 5 Apr 91 18:49:38 GMT
References: <1991Apr2.215331.28908@jade.uucp>
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In article <1991Apr2.215331.28908@jade.uucp> cleary@jade.uucp (John Cleary) writes:
+I have heard (seen) quotes of i860 performacne all the way from
+5 MIPS, 10MIPS, 23MIPS and 41MIPS - what gives here?

You might get 'double' the speed by using the dual operation modes.
I.e. using integer ALU an simulaneously using the float ALU.
But if your application can't take advantage of these features the
10-20 MIPS(what does this mean on a RISC Machine??) for a 40 MHZ
process seems likely.
-- 

John Clark
jclark@ucsd.edu