Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!unixhub!stanford.edu!neon.Stanford.EDU!torrie From: torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: A NeXT Article(beware) (was: The Amiga's Future Message-ID: <1991Jun12.214130.7333@neon.Stanford.EDU> Date: 12 Jun 91 21:41:30 GMT References: <16647@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <1991Jun12.152204.23497@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> <1991Jun12.190315.18622@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Sender: torrie@neon.Stanford.EDU (Evan James Torrie) Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Ca , USA Lines: 28 rjc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes: >In article melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: >> >>The IIfx is already a toy :-). Actually, read comp.sys.next. It >>seems that the new NeXT due out early next year will use the new 88K >>and run at around 50 to 60 mips(the current machine is 12-15 mips). > Mike, don't compare CISC MIPS to RISC MIPS. He's not. He's comparing VAX MIPS to VAX MIPS. >Show me the SpecMarks. Actually, as people have found out, SpecMarks have a surprisingly close correlation to VAX MIPS. Let's just say that a current 25MHz 88K machine has a 17.3 SpecMark, and the 88110 has been promised [by Motorola] to be at least 3 times as fast. >BTW, isn't Motorola already wrking on the next generation 88k's ? Exactly, the 88110 which is what we're talking about. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Evan Torrie. Stanford University, Class of 199? torrie@cs.stanford.edu "If it weren't for your gumboots, where would you be? You'd be in the hospital, or in-firm-ary..." F. Dagg