On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Graham Harris <harris...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Intel Core i7 at 177,730 MIPs/sec > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instructions_per_second > > > > or almost 180BIPs/sec ... which makes i7 equivalent of more than three > > z196?? > > > Interesting to read the cited reference against the claimed 180BIPS/sec > (/sec ??!!).... > > > Synthetic Benchmarks > > Synthetic benchmarks.....are.... well....synthetic and do not get your work > done for you. These don't necessarily mean anything when it comes to > desktop performance in real life, but certainly there is value to be > gleaned from these by enthusiasts. These are also the easiest benchmarks to > run when it comes to seeing if your system at home is measuring up. > > Hmmmmmmmmm .... Maybe they need to run a LSPR for those CPUs. > > > On 5 January 2012 23:08, Shane <ibm-m...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > > > On Thu, 5 Jan 2012 10:31:18 -0500 Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote: > > > > > Intel Core i7 at 177,730 MIPs/sec > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instructions_per_second > > > > > > or almost 180BIPs/sec ... which makes i7 equivalent of more than three > > > z196?? > > > > Explains why my laptop always feels so damn heavy. > > > > Shane ... > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
