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From: rogerk@mips.COM (Roger B.A. Klorese)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,alt.next
Subject: Re: "CISC MIPS" ...  was "The NeXT Problem"
Message-ID: <6244@wright.mips.COM>
Date: 20 Oct 88 02:32:46 GMT
References: <26435@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <5498@juniper.uucp> <6119@quacky.mips.COM>
Reply-To: rogerk@wright.UUCP (Roger B.A. Klorese)
Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <6119@quacky.mips.COM> dennis@admin.UUCP (Dennis Franklin) writes:
>In article <5498@juniper.uucp> chari@juniper.UUCP (Christopher Michael Whatley) writes:
>>... Doesn't 20 RISC MIPS equal about 5 CISC MIPS?
>>
>The "MIPS" figure that is published by RISC chip/computer manufacturers
>IS what you term "CISC MIPS".  It is usually stated as "VAX MIPS". I.e.,
>1 VAX 11/750 = 1 MIP.

Close, dude, but no ceegar...

1 VAX 11/780 = 1 MIPS, by convention.  (Based on what benchmarks?  We've been
through *that* one too many times to do it again right now...)
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