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From: csimmons@.com (Charles Simmons)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: The Killer Micro From Hell
Message-ID: <1989Dec28.000031.14774@oracle.com>
Date: 28 Dec 89 00:00:31 GMT
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Reply-To: csimmons@oracle.UUCP (Charles Simmons)
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In article <42527@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> brooks@maddog.llnl.gov (Eugene Brooks) writes:
[Description of a benchmark comparing the performance of a Cray
versus the performance of an R6000.]

>My main reason to reponding to this article is that there are a lot
>of people with their heads in the sand who still think that traditional
>supercomputers or mainframes are good buys.  I hate to see people get
>bushwacked by Killer Micros when they can just ride the wave.  Killer
>Micro powered systems are no longer just more cost effective, for
>scalar application codes they are faster...
>
>brooks@maddog.llnl.gov, brooks@maddog.uucp

The comparison would be slightly more interesting if an Amdahl 5990
were compared to the R6000.  For scalar processing, Amdahl mainframes
are (were?) generally considered the fastest obtainable...

-- Chuck