RE: about Ultra-sparc and alpha: what makes the difference?
They are faster most often because they can process more complex commands, so whereas an IA processor might do 1000 MIPS and a SPARC does as many, the SPARC is faster because it gets more done with as many instructions. Try search terms like benchmark sparc intel or benchmark sparc pc or the like, without the quotes. -- TONI HEINONEN TELEWARE OY +358 40 836 1815 / +358 (9) 3434 9110 Itäkeskuksen Maamerkki 00930 Helsinki, Finland [EMAIL PROTECTED] / www.teleware.fi -Original Message- From: Zhang Weiwu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 8:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: about Ultra-sparc and alpha: what makes the difference? Hello. The question sounds really silly, but google with compare sparc i386 alpha / benchmark sparc i386 alpha doesn't give meaningful result in several pages. Please suggest me a better keyword compilation:) I don't know about anything other than i386, but the sparc servers and alpha servers are much more expensive than i386 servers on the same clock rate. People keep telling me they are expensive because they are more advanced, but I prefer to read some comperhasive data, benchmarks and such like. Thank you. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
about Ultra-sparc and alpha: what makes the difference?
Hello. The question sounds really silly, but google with compare sparc i386 alpha / benchmark sparc i386 alpha doesn't give meaningful result in several pages. Please suggest me a better keyword compilation:) I don't know about anything other than i386, but the sparc servers and alpha servers are much more expensive than i386 servers on the same clock rate. People keep telling me they are expensive because they are more advanced, but I prefer to read some comperhasive data, benchmarks and such like. Thank you. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: about Ultra-sparc and alpha: what makes the difference?
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 01:27:51 +0800 From: Zhang Weiwu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello. The question sounds really silly, but google with compare sparc i386 alpha / benchmark sparc i386 alpha doesn't give meaningful result in several pages. Please suggest me a better keyword compilation:) How about this instead: Sparc (UltraSparc) A 32(64) bit processor designed by Sun Microsystems to advance beyond the Motorola 68040. Chips made by TI, Fujitsu, and perhaps others. www.sparcinternational.com Alpha, A 64 bit processor designed by Digital to advance beyond the VAX architecture. Digital, bought by Compaq, merged into HP. Chips made by Samsung (only, I think) www.alpha-processor.com (which may no longer work) FreeBSD runs on them all, multi-processor. They are more expensive primarily due to their lower volumes and the desire of their manufacturers to not enter low-margin markets. As a result, there is more money per computer to manufacture hi-quality enclosures. But this can be done with x86 systems, of course. -sam ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
