Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 12:33:49 -0800
From: "Regis Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Sony mininotebook
David,
I think i read something about inaccuracies with the standard benchmarking
methods using the Transmeta CPU's.
Here's a snippet from this article
(http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/14216.html):
"....The problem is that Transmeta's new chip confounds the traditional
one-pass benchmarks that their propeller head authors have spent years
perfecting. Since the Transmeta architecture allows for dynamic and smart
execution of code in software, the first pass of any test sample is
guaranteed to be if not crap, then not quite optimal. With the instruction
set and performance heuristics in software - a compromise that allows the
chip itself to throttle back its frequency and voltage - judging a Crusoe on
first-pass benchmarks is like judging a marrow competition based on the
seeds. It isn't going to give you the full picture.
So unsurprisingly, the three benchmarks we've looked at pronounce the Crusoe
a dog. To the magazines' credit (or at least most of them), that's qualified
by a note that their benchmark shouldn't be taken seriously. "
Another articles:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/14298.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Chien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: New Sony mininotebook
> Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 12:17:43 -0800 (PST)
> From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: New Sony mininotebook
>
> In short, the difference is that the latest Crusoe CPU C1 Picturebook
> actually runs slower! at 600Mhz than the prior model that used a Pentium
and
> ran at 400Mhz.
>
> www.pcmag.com has benchmarks to look at.
>
> In short, interesting CPU, gives you about 30minutes longer battery
life, but
> runs about 1/2 slower than rated. (eg. runs like a 300Mhz Pentium -
600Mhz/2)
>
> quite a step backwards IMO, and happily, it puts the old model into a
lower
> price range as an older model, so buyers will reap the benefit of getting
the
> fastest Picturebook for lower pricing than the latest model.
>
> d =)
>
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