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From: mash@mips.COM (John Mashey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.nsc.32k
Subject: Re: Moto comparison [analogy] was: Where is everyone???
Message-ID: <6438@winchester.mips.COM>
Date: 23 Oct 88 16:18:52 GMT
References: <2582@sultra.UUCP> <7189@nsc.nsc.com> <1239@astroatc.UUCP>
Reply-To: mash@winchester.UUCP (John Mashey)
Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <1239@astroatc.UUCP> johnw@astroatc.UUCP (John F. Wardale) writes:
>In article <7189@nsc.nsc.com> rfg@nsc.nsc.com.UUCP (Ron Guilmette) writes:
>>In article <2582@sultra.UUCP> dtynan@sultra.UUCP (Der Tynan) writes:
>>>How does it compare to the Motorola lineup.
>>Can you say "F-15 vs. a hot air balloon"?  Well, I guess I'm biased ;-)
>
>Ok, it the NSC chips are "an F-15" the the 68xxx part gotta be
>at least "a prop-jet" ... The Intel lineup are "bi-planes"
>... Maybe my TI-58 would be "a hot air balloon"
>
>Any benchmark comparisons between the 88000 and the newest '532 ??

34K Dhrystones is the published number for the 88K, although
that uses an unspecified cache size [almost irrelevant, since it fits
in small caches], clock rate [relevant; we think this number is what
25MHz parts would be, but maybe they're for a well-tuned 20MHz one],
and memory system [somewhat important, although not very, with a writeback
cache].  As I recall, 532s are about half that, although I could be
wrong, as I don't track them closely.

Just to extend the analogy, note that if 532's are F-15s, there are
a number of people flying in Lockheed Blackirds [MIPS R3000s], already
[20 VUPS @ 25MHz, 42K Dhrystones.]
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