On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:51:48 -0700, Dean Kent wrote: >... As I said, Intel, for >example, does not use SOI and seems to be producing very high clockrate >devices without it, which (currently) outperform their rival AMD,
Another assertion without data to back it up. I hope you are not talking about clock rates. >I've not seen any data regarding performance >improvements for mainframe processors over that time except for the "4-fold >increase in installed MIPS" between 2000 and 2007. There is no way to know >how that relates to individual processors. If you have any data, that >would be nice to hear. http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/lspr/ >> >> .... I don't think >> there's anyone who buys a mainframe for its sheer processing power. > >.... These servers *are* purchased, in part, >for their processing power. "In part"? -- 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
