Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:19:44 06/02/98
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On June 02, 1998 at 00:47:05, Don Dailey wrote: >On June 02, 1998 at 00:28:07, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On June 01, 1998 at 20:30:49, Dan Homan wrote: >> >>> >>>On June 01, 1998 at 16:18:51, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >>> >>>>On June 01, 1998 at 12:07:02, Dan Homan wrote: >>>> >>>>>The new Alpha 21264A at 600 MHz should get a specint95 of 40+. Does >>>>>anyone know the exact number? My understanding is that this >>>>>chip will also reach clock rates much higher than 600 MHz. >>>> >>>>40+? Should I assume that this is a typo? >>> >>>Nope, I meant 40+. Check out digital's home page on the alpha or the >>>web >>>page I mentioned in my last message. >>> >>>> >>>>>I think they were bought by Compaq, but will still produce the Alpha >>>>>(and later generations) for some time. Intel has some access to >>>> >>>>Huh. At the Intel employee orientation some guy told me about reworking >>>>the current Alpha fabs to Pentium II fabs. Maybe this was wishful >>>>thinking. >>> >>>I'm not sure of the exact Intel/Alpha relation. >>> >>> - Dan >>> >>>> >>>>Cheers, >>>>Tom >> >> >>that's just intel B/S. They are not about to take a chip as successful >>as the alpha and scrap it, not after paying multi-billions of dollars >>for it... > >And what a wonderful chip it is. It just blows away any pentium. > >- Don yep... and the new "Merced" chip looks very good too. I have some early crafty benchmarks but I can't say anything at present for obvious reasons. It is unfortunate that Merced has been slipped to 2000, from 1999.. but for 64 bit programs it is going to be a screamer, I can tell you. And it is being designed for multiple processors from the get-go... first prototype I heard of had 4 processors. But then again, the 21264 is also a screamer....
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