Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 10:59:53 03/30/03
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On March 30, 2003 at 11:53:21, James Constance wrote: >1. Why is there such a difference in Nodes Per Second in Pocket PCs when >compared with PCs? e.g. Shredder on my Athlon 1200 Mhz might do 180,000 NPS for >a given position, whereas my StrongArm 200 Mhz does only 4,500 NPS for the same >position. That's a factor of 40 - I was optimistically expecting it to be >closer to the ratio in processor speeds. > >2. Anybody have a stab at how much this reduces the SSDF quoted rating by? > >cheers! These processors should be reasonably fast. I wonder if the problem isn't FSB frequency or width. It's entirely possible that PPCs have, say, an 8 bit data bus to save on pins/traces/size/power consumption/etc. -Tom
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