Author: Matt Taylor
Date: 11:57:13 02/12/03
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On February 12, 2003 at 11:39:04, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On February 12, 2003 at 04:57:35, Tom Kerrigan wrote: > >>On February 12, 2003 at 02:21:38, Matt Taylor wrote: >> >>>That is a problem on every architecture. A lower clock speed actually helps in a >>>way -- fewer cycles get wasted, so a lower percentage of the machine's power is >>>wasted idling. McKinley runs at 1 GHz meaning that 1 cycle = 1 ns. Typical >>>latency for SDRAM seems to be 100-133 ns. RDRAM is worse, but I don't have >>>figures for RDRAM. (IIRC, McKinley only runs on RDRAM.) >> >>And the advantage of a Honda Civic at a drag race is that it uses less gas. >> >>-Tom > > >Not true. Drop down to Alabama Saturday night. I'll take you over to the >Steele Alabama >international drag strip and show you a Civic that runs on the street, yet sucks >the rims off >every Z corvette running. Oh yes, it does have a blower, and it does run in the >11's, and it >_does_ suck gas. > >As Einstein said, "everything is relative." > >:) It's not fast unless it has racing stripes & Asian characters painted on the side. They sure are noisy, though. Drives me nuts when I'm trying to get to sleep at night. Grr...put a muffler on that thing. -Matt
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