Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:18:52 08/21/02
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On August 21, 2002 at 14:44:48, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On August 21, 2002 at 14:39:54, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On August 21, 2002 at 14:10:35, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >> >>>On August 21, 2002 at 14:06:46, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>DB2 could do over 1B nps _peak_. But it rarely hit that for reasons I have >>>>explained in the past, dealing with balancing the speed of the SP2 against the >>>>speed of the chess chips. Hsu wrote that it averaged about 200M nps in 1992. >>> >>>Average: 126M >>> >>>Peak: 330M >> >>wrong peak. >> >>That is "observed peak in games" >> >>I gave theoretical peak, which is easy to compute... > >Which reminds me of Peak Music Performance (PMP) ratings for computer >speakers. Basically it says: 'how much current can you put on all speakers >combined before they blow, not taking distortions into account'. > >The number has no meaning related to actualy playback of course, just as yours. > >-- >GCP Actually in the case of peak NPS it does mean something. "how fast could it go if everything becomes (one day) optimal?" Of course, it is about as useful as peak RPM to a drag racer, since you only reach that point for a split-second before shifting.
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