Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 22:51:40 09/14/00
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On September 15, 2000 at 01:23:11, Robert Hyatt wrote: [snip] >No. General purpose hardware is always a factor of 100 or so behind the speed >of special-purpose hardware. In 1997, I would put this advantage at 1000x for >DB over the best PC hardware available. In 2000, I would say closer to 200x >counding the 8-way xeon machines. Or if you go to the best of the best, the >numbers I gave are probably close. On the other hand, in 4 years or so, there will be two new generations of Alpha chip. Take 64 of these and put them into one of those screaming Alpha SC computers running Tru64 UNIX and I think the NPS would be about Deep Blue level. On the other, other hand, if Hsu/Campbell et. al. got together again with shrunken chips and the latest stuff IBM could offer, I suspect there would be another quantum leap needed to compete again.
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