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In article <1992Nov10.212454.6317@ryn.mro4.dec.com> bhandarkar@wrksys.enet.dec.com (Dileep Bhandarkar) writes:
>
>In article <BxIM38.L9F.2@cs.cmu.edu>, lindsay+@cs.cmu.edu (Donald Lindsay) writes...
>> 
>>So, we now have non-simulated non-prototype-system numbers for the
>>DEC 21064 chip and the HP 7100 chip.  The result is that the HP at 99
>>MHz has about the SPECs of a 21064 at 160 MHz. 
>> 
>>DEC wins the performance-at-any-price race with a 200 MHz offering,
>>with 1.33 x the SPECs of the hottest HP.
>> 
>>The performance-at-a-price race is closer. The 99 MHz HP 735 is $35k
>>versus $39k for a 150 MHz Alpha. Practical issues (like ship dates
>>and configuration details) dominate the technical issues here.  Which
>>is sort-of the message that DEC and HP want you to hear, since they
>>plan to migrate the technology into cheaper boxes.
>> 
>>Damn that's fast. 
>>-- 
>Don't forget about the 108 SPECmark89 DEC 3000 Model 400 AXP priced at $14,995!
>
>/dileep


Don't forget that the 735 is both faster and less expensive than the
DEC 3000/500 AXP:

9000/735: 80   SPECint92,   150.6 SPECfp92  at $35k
500AXP:   74.3 SPECint92,   126.0 SPECfp92  at $39k

Bo
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