Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!ncar!tank!uxc!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdurb!aglew From: aglew@mcdurb.Urbana.Gould.COM Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: SPARC @ 20 mips Message-ID: <28200259@mcdurb> Date: 6 Jan 89 01:51:00 GMT References: <1125@raspail.UUCP> Lines: 10 Nf-ID: #R:raspail.UUCP:1125:mcdurb:28200259:000:291 Nf-From: mcdurb.Urbana.Gould.COM!aglew Jan 5 19:51:00 1989 >If one can believe performance numbers in advertisements, then > > SPARC @ 30ns == R3000 @ 40ns > >which, IMHO, implies that MIPS is the better architecture. ^^ implementation ^ I am probably sticking my foot in it, but isn't MIPs double clocked? But then, SPARC probably is, too.