Xref: utzoo comp.arch:5889 comp.os.misc:484 Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!tekecs!frip!andrew From: andrew@frip.gwd.tek.com (Andrew Klossner) Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.os.misc Subject: Re: Realstone benchmark Message-ID: <10224@tekecs.TEK.COM> Date: 3 Aug 88 19:29:23 GMT References: <121@modcomp.UUCP> Sender: andrew@tekecs.TEK.COM Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville, Oregon Lines: 15 [] "The article introduces the concept of a 3D computer and defines it in terms of a three-dimensional performance graph whose axis are labelled MIPS-1 (Mega Instructions Per Sec), MIPS-2 (Mega Interrupts Per Sec) and MIPS-3 (Mega I/O Per Sec)." Oh no ... please don't kidnap the term "3D computer" to describe an especially good real-time system. A "3D computer" is one that manipulates and displays three-dimensional images. (My employer sells such.) -=- Andrew Klossner (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew) [UUCP] (andrew%tekecs.tek.com@relay.cs.net) [ARPA]