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Article #2886Re: Alpha speed?
From: Douglas A. Brune
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 00:54
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 00:54
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In article <RICHARD.92Nov12152902@chemeng.stanford.edu> richard@chemeng.stanford.edu (Richard Schiek) writes: > >In all the technical blurbs for the new DEC Alpha chip, they call it a >300MHz chip. Yet, in all the new systems that DEC is shipping, the I've seen it called a 300 MIPS chip, never 300MHz. Which blurb called it 300MHz? >chip is running at 140 MHz max. Why is it called a 300MHz chip when >only 140 MHz systems are for sale? Is there a problem with getting Only the desktop is below 140 MHz. The deskside and mainframe units were announced at speeds ranging from 150MHz to 200MHz, accordinfg to the specs on gatekeeper. Where are you getting your info? Doug brune@luther.che.wisc.edu -
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ferkel.ucsb.edu!taco!rock!stanford.edu!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!gumby!destroyer!lambda.msfc.nasa.gov!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!doug.cae.wisc.edu!luther.che.wisc.edu!brune From: brune@luther.che.wisc.edu (Douglas A. Brune) Subject: Re: Alpha speed? Organization: University of Wisconsin - Madison Date: 12 Nov 92 18:54:19 CST Message-ID: <1992Nov12.185419.15565@doug.cae.wisc.edu> References: <RICHARD.92Nov12152902@chemeng.stanford.edu> Lines: 18