Re: Gate delays in fast computers

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From: Renu Raman
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1989 09:08

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In article <29862@obiwan.mips.COM> mark@mips.COM (Mark G. Johnson) writes:
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Talks about gate-delay/cycle i.e. average (or maybe max) no. gates between
latches.

>Cray-3.  A pair of listings leaped off the screen and really astonished me:
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>	Instruction issue rate:			1 new instruction per cycle
>	# of gate delays per clock cycle:	6 gate delays per cycle
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> -- Mark Johnson	

   Cray-1 had 8.

   renu raman

   email: ram@sun.com

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