Re: what are sparc,mips?

From: Ken Taylor (ken123_at_xtra.co.nz)
Date: 09/07/04 

Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 07:42:10 +1200

"Rich Teer" <rich.teer@rite-group.com> wrote in message
news:Pine.SOL.4.58.0409070932290.9082@zaphod.rite-group.com...
> On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, ashok wrote:
>
> > But My work is not related to any hardware related techonologies.And
> > also I can't devote much time to study it.
> > so I chose the best way of puting the question on the net and getting
> > answers from experts.
> >
> > I request you to give me the proper answeres.
>
> Fair enough. A SPARC is what happens when you put too much current
> through a CPU core, and it usually causes the magic smoke to escape.
> UltraSPARC is the term used to describe a VERY big SPARC, and usually
> results in the CPU being blown into many (usually 64) bits. Hence
> the term "64-bit CPU".
>
> MIPS is an acronym for Meaningless Indicator of Processor Speed.
> Beloved by Intels marketing department, a higher "MIPS" rating fools
> most people into thinking their CPUs can get more work done. E.g.,
> they think that a 3 billion MIPS CPU is 30% faster than a 2 billion
> MIPS CPU.
>
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Because of the problems you obliquely refer to with the older measurements
of performance, there is a new measurement being used called Guaranteed
Reliable Indicator of Performance in Systems. If you can come to GRIPS with
this one it's a fantastic measure.

Ken

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