From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Dec 23 16:22:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA29483 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 16:22:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from epistolic.cynic.net (epistolic.cynic.net [199.175.137.136]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA29467; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 16:22:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjs@cynic.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by epistolic.cynic.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id QAA08458; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 16:22:33 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 16:22:32 -0800 (PST) From: Curt Sampson To: Andrew Gallatin cc: "Jonathan M. Bresler" , jim@cgi.sstar.com, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hint benchmark on Multia VX40A In-Reply-To: <13939.64306.568854.66434@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 13 Dec 1998, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > Actually, the results were from Hint run on an AlphaStation 200 4/166, > not a Multia. I guess I didn't make that as clear as I should have. > The AlphaStation should be a bit faster than a Multia. The AlphaStation should be a *lot* faster. The 21066, which the Multia uses, differs from the 21064 in the AS200 in a couple of major respects. One is that it has PCI logic on board, so you don't need external circutry for that. The second is that its memory controller is *very* slow, 2-3 times slower than a Pentium. For general use, it feels more or less like a high-end (66 to 100 MHz) 486. cjs -- Curt Sampson 604 801 5335 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil. The most widely ported operating system in the world: http://www.netbsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message