Re: DEC Alpha AXP System Performance

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From: Peter Kaiser
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 04:58

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In article <1992Nov16.120955.8904@qb.rhein-main.de>, vhs@rhein-main.de
(Volker Herminghaus-Shirai) writes:

> But at 220 Volts vs. 110 in the US, we can execute two instructions
> simultaneously ;-)

I'm afraid it doesn't quite work out this way.  European voltage is
double American voltage, but since AC is only 50Hz vs 60Hz in
the USA, the speedup is to only 1.67 instructions simultaneously.

___Pete

kaiser@uniriv.vbo.dec.com
+33 92.95.62.97, FAX +33 92.95.52.00

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