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From: rentsch@unc.UUCP (Tim Rentsch)
Newsgroups: net.arch
Subject: Re: dhrystones on the IBM RT PC
Message-ID: <957@unc.unc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7-Feb-86 01:04:38 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb  7 01:04:38 1986
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Reply-To: rentsch@unc.UUCP (Tim Rentsch)
Organization: CS Dept, U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Summary: 


I just read an IBM product announcement for the RT PC.  The bottom
line on floating point:

	200,000 whetstones

(compared to 750,000 on a vax780, or 1,150,000 for 780 with FPA).

well, it's a benchmark.

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