Dean Kent wrote: I am comparing the pace of improvement in x86 with the mainframe. The IT Jungle article says that installed mainframe MIPS has increased 4 fold over 7 years. I showed that in the same time period, x86 performance has increased over 8 fold. We still aren't getting an apples to apples comparison because it doesn't tell us what the highest performing mainframe processor was in 2000 vs today.
Comparing two different things. Installed mainframes increased 4 fold is not an expression of processor power but an expression of capacity. X86 performance has increased 8 fold is an expession of performace. If you had said that the installed capacity of X86 boxes had increased 8 fold then that woyld have been a valid comparison. Note I have no idea of the increase in installed X86 capacity and really don't care. Ken ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
