On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:00:30 -0500, zMan wrote: >On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Tom Marchant wrote: > >> A z10 is not 4 times faster than a >> z9 with the same number of engines, or even for maximum z9 compared to >> maximum z10. Not even close. It is closer to a 50% increase. Check the >> LSPR for details. >> > >Isn't it more like 2x, "reduced" to about 1.5x due to the "technology >dividend"?
Good point. IIRC, the technology dividend is about 10% and it does make a difference but still considerably less than 2x, I think. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
