Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!src.honeywell.com!skyler.mavd.honeywell.com!djbailey From: djbailey@skyler.mavd.honeywell.com Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks Subject: Re: performance vector approaches Message-ID: <1991Apr29.125222.103@skyler.mavd.honeywell.com> Date: 29 Apr 91 12:52:22 CST References: <1991Apr25.174542.100@skyler.mavd.honeywell.com> Lines: 18 In article , apm@vipunen.hut.fi (Antti Miettinen) writes: >>Suppose we describe a computer's performance as an n-dimensional >>vector. > > I think this is a great idea. The problem is that everybody would like > to get only one number to characterize the performance of a computer. Ideally, computer performance should be measured relative to the intended use. If we could really map computer performance and application needs into the same vector space, then we could measure the distance between the application vector and various computer vectors. I'm certainly not an expert at computer performance evaluation. I'm looking forward to the comments on this chain. -- Donald J. Bailey (djbailey@skyler.mavd.honeywell.com) 2600 Ridgway parkway Minneapolis, MN 55413