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From: dold@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: System turns into pig after 66040 installation on HP-UX
Message-ID: <2068@mitisft.Convergent.COM>
Date: 9 May 91 04:51:01 GMT
References: <26810@adm.brl.mil>
Organization: Convergent Technologies, San Jose, CA
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in article <26810@adm.brl.mil>, FLYNN%EVALUN11.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Mark F. Flynn) says:

> new and wonderful 68040 processor. What we have noticed is that certain
> jobs spend from 50% to 90% of their time doing system calls, as opposed

Are the programs running slower, or you just curious about the measurement?
The 68040 appears substantially faster than the 68020 in our systems.  I
wonder what measurements you are actually making.

There are some design considerations with regards the cache that
theoretically affect any 68000 CPU, but only become obvious with the '040.
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