Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!root%bostonu.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA From: root%bostonu.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA (BostonU SysMgr) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Another interesting bunch of stuff Message-ID: <1503@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Sat, 14-Sep-85 15:20:18 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.1503 Posted: Sat Sep 14 15:20:18 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 15-Sep-85 23:43:50 EDT Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 51 I've been getting some info from SUN on their SUN/3 series (MC68020/MC68881) I haven't seen anyone posting anything about this so I thought I would summarize as I assume this list is interested. I have no interest in SUN except as a customer. For example: (yeah, I know, standard benchmark flame, we are all aware of that) Note that the SUN/FPA is a $4900 (list) add-on which increases f.p. throughput. Stanford CPU benchmark (composite int and float) SUN3/FPA SUN3 VAX780 uVAXII int 2.0 2.0 1.09 .94 ('mips') float 2.91 1.0 .63 .55 LINPACK VAX8600 SUN3/FPA single 610 510 ('kflops') double 490 360 Note: I believe we are comparing a $35,000 machine (SUN) to a $600,000 machine (VAX8600) here! 4 1000-line C program compiles simultaneously: Sun3/SCSI 1.0 VAX780 0.51 uVAXII 0.47 Disk I/O: comparable to a 780, about twice a uVAXII Sun3: 4MB, 71MB disk VAX780: 4MB, RA81 disk uVAXII: 2MB, 31MB disk 8600: ??I assume whetstones on an 8600 were from somewhere else ---- I am sure someone will find a complaint in the comparisons, but the fact remains, we are about to see a family of *personal* workstations rivaling the largest, newest super-mini time-sharing systems on many tasks they claim to excel in, with the whole bitmap, network environment thrown in. I mean...70% of a VAX8600 all to myself as opposed to 100% competing with 64 users seems interesting, no? Now for the kicker, my source from SUN claims that out of fear of extensive criticism, these figures are conservative, your mileage may be better. -Barry Shein, Boston University Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com