Author: Jason Waugh
Date: 12:30:59 05/10/03
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On May 10, 2003 at 14:45:59, Christophe Theron wrote: >>However pocketpc currently has the faster processors > >This is no longer true. Palms and compatible PalmOS PDAs have processors that >are as fast (actually they use the same processors) and as PalmOS is faster than >PocketPC the PalmOS devices are much more responsive. As well, people just keep looking at MHz as a measure of speed... as a matter of fact, the OMAP that is in a Tungsten T is a 175MHz (capable) processor integrated with a 200MHz DSP... with the two working together to provide 575 MIPS (million instructions per second) while the "blazingly fast" 400 MHz XSCALE processor from Intel is capable of only 480 MIPS. A Tungsten T, with the processors clocked as Palm has chosen to clock them, is almost equivalent MIPS to the 400 MHz XSCALE. Now... *this* isn't even the whole story... but I hope it's a good example of why you can't just look at the MHz rating of a PDA's processor to determine who is the fastest, you have to look at the whole architecture. (of course... Christophe... if you don't provide us with a Tiger that uses some ARM code... Does that new FAST SDK that Palm has released have anything to offer?) Jason Waugh
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