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From: himel@mips.UUCP (Mark I. Himelstein)
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Subject: Re: Macho flops versus Megaflops (was Re: ETA10-P performance)
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Date: Wed, 18-Nov-87 13:00:32 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 18 13:00:32 1987
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Reply-To: himel@gumby.UUCP (Mark I. Himelstein)
Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA
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I've wondered looking at peak versus sustained numbers if anything can
be deduced from the difference. For example looking at linpack versus
peak it appeared to me that the less the difference between the two
the more reasonably priced the machine was (most of the time). It may
be that achieving that leading-edge performance on sustained numbers
requires extravagant harware leading to higher cost.

Mark I. Himelstein

Disclaimer: This posting only contains my ideas, not my employers.