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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
> chip is running at 140 MHz max.  Why is it called a 300MHz chip when
> only 140 MHz systems are for sale?  
> 
  You might want to put your glasses on ... or get yourself a pair :-)

  The only "300" that I have seen in DEC's public releases has been 300 MIPS

  The new systems contain ALPHA cpus that range from 133 to 200 MHz.

  The REAL question here may be why DEC is limiting "workstation"-class 
  machines to the lower end of the range.  Too many of us who have been
  using "workstation" platforms as multi-user and/or server systems ??
  Though this may simply be a conflict between what us UNIX folks are
  used to and what VMS folks are used to paying.


   pavlov@fstrf.org