PPC 970 VS EV7
Would the PPC 970 be any match for the newly released Alpha EV7 (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/28947.html).
The article mentions that Intel bought the Shrewsbury Alpha Team. Why didn't Apple do this?
They would have been able to make their own kick-ass chip.
Image your own dualie destop being more powerful than most of your companies high end servers (although this is currently possible if your company has intel for servers and considers them 'high-end')
Dobby.
The article mentions that Intel bought the Shrewsbury Alpha Team. Why didn't Apple do this?
They would have been able to make their own kick-ass chip.
Image your own dualie destop being more powerful than most of your companies high end servers (although this is currently possible if your company has intel for servers and considers them 'high-end')
Dobby.
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Furhter than that, I think these servers are high-end high-end, while Apple are only shooting for high-end..
Other than that, 8 Gb memory bandwith per processor screams speed somehow..
[Edit:] Url schmurl..
[ 01-21-2003: Message edited by: T'hain Esh Kelch ]</p>
Alphas were always beautiful chips, but they consumed *far* more energy, and displaced *way* too much heat for a casual desktop machine. For serious number crunching, it can't be beat.
Cherck this out, ripped from realworldtech.com:
SPECOMP2001 results, base/peak:
4 cpu:
EV7/1150: 6027/6824
I2/1000: 3762/4091
8 cpu:
EV7/1150: 10349/11929
POWER4+/1450: 9458/ 9694
PA8700+/875: 4375/ 4541
16 cpu:
EV7/1150: 17724/20637
PA8700+/875: 7763/ 8788
R14k/600: 7265/ 7726
Also note that this isn't the same as SpecINT or SpecFP, this deals with CPU speed, OS/Application threading, and Memory bandwidth. IMHO, a much better judge of chip performance than just INT and FP, but still a demonstration of a "benchmark", and not "my specific situation" [yes, I know SPEC is comprised of various "real world" apps, yadda yadda yadda... they don't reflect how *I* use a machine, and therefore I take them with copious amounts of NaCl]
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[ 01-21-2003: Message edited by: Nevyn ]</p>
<strong>Yes, the new alpha's are nice, but the letigimate FUD that surrounds thier last release will probably wind up killing their sales. </strong><hr></blockquote>
Only reason these chips ever made it to market is because a large government entity wanted them and aren't easily said no to. HP really doesn't want the Alphas to sell. If they did they'd have no trouble selling them.
<strong>HP really doesn't want the Alphas to sell. If they did they'd have no trouble selling them.</strong><hr></blockquote>Idiots! But then again.. the do sell PCs so they're idiots by default.
We've got a dual Alpha running VMS purring away in the server room. It screams. It's such a shame that DEC got screwed.
See also Tucker.