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 	Few netusers have asked me to post the same article
 in a more readable format, so here it is.

	I would like to start a discussion on the topic
 of "Benchmarking RISC/CISC machines for embedded control".
 Those of you who attended 1989 microprocessor forum
 would agree that currently available benchmarks provided
 by most chip vendors are very ambiguous at the least and
 are of little practical use to the customers per se. As 
 things stand, it is hard to distinguish the truth from
 marketing hype.

	I would suggest creation of application specific
 benchmarks e.g.,benchmarking programs for embedded control.
 Currently all chip makers can pick and choose only the
 programs that run well on their machines. This makes
 every chip look equally good, but with different sets of
 benchmarking programs, and this confuses the customer.
 It would be nice to see standard benchmarking programs
 for embedded controllers. We may have to create 2 or 3
 sets of benchmarking programs to cover the entire
 embedded control spectrum adequately.

						Ravi

DISCLAIMER : Above mentioned comments and opinions are
             solely mine and not AMD's.