First, I'm wondering what the big O is on the LL test. I'm wondering really just how many operations are performed on a typical M(6000000) test or whatnot. Or is it a matter of multiplying your 'P' times the FFT size? Then, I realized to my amazement that the AS/400 I have sitting around doing nothing here has 4 A35 CPUs in it (AKA RS64 and Apache). Which is the predecessor to the Power3. So anyway, I'm reading thru the documentation on the A35 last night, and it _appears_ to claim to do all FPU ops in 1 cycle. So I'm beginning to think a port is in order... Then I go on to read that it has only 8k L1 cache, but huge L2 caches (4-8MB)... Supposedly the chip runs at 125 mhz, so... Of course, it being an AS/400, the really annoying part about the whole thing is that there are absolutely NO useful benchmarks. They have some weird one called CPW, and there are some TPC benchmarks. But for some odd reason, IBM didn't release any Spec benchmarks on the danged thang... Maybe it sucks. Oh, and that Russian company is called Elbrus, and the chip is the E2K. >From their press-release: Russian company Elbrus International has disclosed the technical details of its revolutionary new microprocessor E2K. The microprocessor will function 3 to 5 times more quickly than Intel Merced while still running all legacy MS DOS and Windows software. Fabricated in a 0.18-micron process, the chip would run at 1.2GHz and deliver 135 SPECint95 and 350 SPECfp95, yet require only 35 Watts of power and occupy 126 mm2 of silicon. By contrast, Intel's forthcoming processor, which will be manufactured in the same process, would operate at 800MHz, occupy 300 mm2, consume 60 Watts, and score only 45 SPECint95 and 70 SPECfp95. Elbrus technology does not infringe on any Western intellectual property and it is protected by 70 US patent applications Man, a SPECfp of 350!!!! Yowza! No mention of a release date or anything tho... hmmm... -Jeremy ________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm
