Author: Eugene Nalimov
Date: 11:04:02 09/17/99
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On September 17, 1999 at 13:45:43, Dann Corbit wrote: >On September 17, 1999 at 13:40:42, Eugene Nalimov wrote: > >>On September 17, 1999 at 13:20:59, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On September 17, 1999 at 11:57:52, Owen Lyne wrote: >>>[snip] >>>>What kind of price are we talking about though? I thought alphas were >>>>in a whole different price range....? You don't see them at tyour local >>>>computer shop unfortunately (or if you do, I want to visit >>>>your shop!). >>>$3500 for a Linux ready box. >>>http://www.dec.com/hpc/news/news_pr100599a.html >> >>For $3.5k you can buy state-of-the-art Intel system, with at least two CPUs. >>Yes, each of CPUs will be slower than single 466MHz 21264. But two of them will >>be faster. >> >>And I suspect that you can buy not state-of-the-art, but "normal" dual-CPU Intel >>system as fast as that Alpha system for $3.5k/2 = $1.75k. Or even $3.5k/3 = >>$1.2k. >> >>I agree that in the full configuration huge Alpha system will be faster than the >>biggest Intel-based system. But it'll cost *much* more. Of course there are >>applications where you need that performance regardless of the price, but I >>think that for majority of people/tasks price is very important. >Seems like there might be an even bigger benefit for Chess programs with Alpha >systems. They have a bus that will do 1.6G/sec and a huge cache. I think >programs like crafty might get a bigger boost on a system like that. > >I see that COMPAQ has 32 CPU Alpha systems now. It would be really fun to see >what crafty could do on such a system as that. Yes, as long as you don't have to pay for that system from your pocket :-) Eugene
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