Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: Stephen Knilans
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 00:20

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In article <Pine.SGI.3.91.960329153150.27340A-100000@skule.ecf> HSUEH WALTER C <hsuehw@ecf.toronto.edu> writes:
>
>On 29 Mar 1996, Ted Oliver wrote:
>> But seriously. Flaws in you analysis include, but are hardly limited to:
>> 
>> 1) using a single measurement
>
>Well, the tests were just for floating point performace.  But I 
>agree, there should be other tests to adequately measure all areas
>of system performace.  However, the fp results do speak for themselves.
>
>
>> 2) not indicating other system information (RAM, HD, whether the Power100
>> had L2 cache, etc.)
>
>Yes, the presence of a cache should have an effect.  How much, I don't
>know.

BZZZZTT!  It SHOULDN'T have an effect, as the 4K (P5) program(unstripped) should
comfortably fit in the 16K L1 cache.  BTW it is LESS than 3K stripped!

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