Author: Eugene Nalimov
Date: 18:55:19 02/27/02
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Alpha is not "2X as fast as anything around". Fastest submitted SpecInt2k result for Alpha is 621(base)/679(peak). AlphaServer ES45 Model 68/1000, hardware available October 2001. Dell Precision WorkStation 530 (2.0GHz P4 Xeon) has SpecInt2k 642(base)/663(peak), hardware available September 2001. 679 is greater than 663, but not 2x. Not even 1.1x. Eugene On February 27, 2002 at 17:38:33, Dann Corbit wrote: >On February 27, 2002 at 17:27:02, Dan Andersson wrote: > >>Transmeta springs to mind. And for non-x86 PPC and MISC processors already >>exist. They are at a speed disadvantage, though. > >Of course, the Alpha chip is 2X as fast as anything around, and the projected >speed of the next generation would keep it there. It is a mature, stable chip >that has been around for ages and therefore, very well tested as tried and true. > >Therefore, they have decided to cancel it.
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