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From: clif@intelca.UUCP (Clif Purkiser)
Newsgroups: net.micro.ns32k
Subject: Re: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Tue, 17-Jun-86 19:15:28 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 17 19:15:28 1986
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> It took months to get the (Motorola, National, Intel) wars off of net.arch.
> When net.micro.ns32k came on line I thought that it would be interesting to
> subscribe, as we have a multiprocessor based on this chip set.  I now see
> where the (M,N,I) wars went to...  If you guys would spend less time fighting
> and more time designing we would have faster parts!
> 
> Its time for the old ug command! ;-)

Mr Brooks is right this discussion has regressed into another microprocessor
war.  I guess I am as guilty as anyone for starting it again.  (Look at
the good side the group was kinda of slow until the discussion started.)
Anyway I'm prepared to stop since net.micro.ns32k is not about benchmarking.

	One final comment, when someone makes a claim like "processor 
X runs faster than processor Y" I believe that it perfectly reasonable to 
expect justification for the claim.  

The justification doesn't not have be it runs Sieve twice as fast or 
X does 5000 dhrystones Y does 3000 dhyrstones. It could be my graphics
package took less time to run on X than Y.   However the dhrystone does
seem to be the most popular attempt to measure performance on network.  
It is therefore a reasonable request to ask someone to run it for a 
new computer system. 


	Lies
	Damn Lies
	Benchmarks


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