Tony Harminc wrote:
... The Reg has also bought into IBM's line about "speciality engines"
being some sort of performance enhancers for Java, Linux, and so on,
rather than just a scheme for maintaining market differentiation
between Classic and New workloads.
But, specialty engines *do* enhance performance of these workloads!
Many users (us included) have sub-capacity CPs. Our current hardware is
a 2096-L03. Each CP generates about 66 MIPS. The IFLs, zAAPs and zIIPs
run at 470 MIPS -- or about seven times faster. We plan to get a z10 BC
before the end of the year. On that machine, the specialty engines run
at an astonishing 713 MIPS!
--
Edward E Jaffe
Phoenix Software International, Inc
5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90045
310-338-0400 x318
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http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/
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