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I am looking for 64-bit floating point performance figures in order to 
determine what workstation to buy.  The application is in thermalhydraulics
and 64-bit precision is required.  This application is currently running
on a Cyber mainframe and one run can take on the order of days to complete.
Because of this, graphics performance and disk performance are a 
non-issue.

The machines I've been told would be good to consider are:

- HP 9000/7xx  (32-bit)
- IBM RS6000   (32-bit)
- Sun          (32-bit)
- SGI Crimson  (64-bit)
- Dec Alpha (Running Unix)  (64-bit)

Now, 64 bits precision is required, but a 64-bit chip will not necessarily
be required, since one of the 32-bit architectures could be sufficiently
fast to outperform a 64-bit one.  BTW, the application is written in Fortran.

I am looking for real-world experience with any of these platforms and thus
advice on relative floating point speeds.

Finally, the price should be in the $50K range.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.  Please respond via e-mail.  I
will summarize to the net if there is interest.

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