Re: Hammer (2)

[Bryan-TheBS-Smith <b j smith ieee org>]

W Bauske wrote:
> Alphas aren't particularly close at 784. (DS20E/833 is the
> fastest Alpha at SpecFP2000)

Of course, beside clock speed, you should consider "feature size." 
Most Alphas are stuck at 0.25-0.35um, whereas Intel, AMD and IBM
have dropped to 0.18 and even 0.13um in many cases.

I find it very interesting that a 667 Alpha 264 can "hold its own"
against a 733 or even 800 Itanium.

Secondly, it is important to note that Intel's "good" Spec numbers
are using their optimizing compiler.  Whip out GCC and the story is
different, even with Intel funded optimizations.

-- TheBS

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