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In article <1991Jun5.185850.988@leland.Stanford.EDU>, izahi@leland.Stanford.EDU (Raul Izahi Lopez Hernandez) writes:
> In article <1386@ssdintel.isc.intel.com> hays@iSC.intel.com (Kirk Hays) writes:
> >it's 32 GigaFlops + 17 billion integer IPS, for a total of 49 GIPS, which
> >is > 6000 times faster than the 386-33.
> 
>    I don't think it is fair to make such comparison.
>    Can you mention an application that runs routinely both in the 386-33 and
> in the Delta?
>    Applications that benefit from being run in supercomputers are never run
> in a PC (be it 386-33 or not), since the PC does not have similar memory or
> I/O resources.
>    It is irrelevant to say that your LOTUS 1-2-3 spreadsheet would recalculate
> 3000 or 6000 times faster since it would not be noticeable beyond 10 or 20
> times faster, because the spreadsheet is not big enough to even tax the 
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> abilities or the new 386-33 or 486 based PCs in any business or home 
> application, while in engineering or the sciences serious researchers use 
> RISC based workstations.
> 					RAUL IZAHI
> 					izahi@nova.stanford.edu

	Raul,

	One of the largest uses of computers in the world is transaction
processing and financial analysis, both in the business world. When
doing a financial analysis, which may well be in the form of a
spreadsheet, you would more than tax the abilities of most PC's.

	Various financial firms have invested a great deal of money in
supercomputers just for financial problems. At the same time it is not
uncommon for smaller financial companies, or the finance department of
some corporations, to use PC's for their financial stuff.

	IMHO, the needs of the user always outgrow the available
resources ;-).

- Tom
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