[Suns-at-Home] E450 480mhz procs

[Craig Dewick]

On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, Paul Theodoropoulos wrote:

> At 03:18 PM 3/25/2007, Craig Dewick wrote:
>> They probably were rare. I think they're a bit like the comparison between 
>> the SM71 70 MHz and SM81 80 MHz supersparc-II processors that were around 
>> when we used to run SS20's, and later the SS1000 and SC2000 systems as 
>> primary servers in production use. SM81's seriously pushed the envelope as 
>> far as heating and power usage went compared to performance in the context 
>> of the overall system design.
>
> not to be pedantic (translation: i'm being pedantic) - bu tthe SM71 was 
> 75mhz, the SM81 was 85mhz.

Doh yes you're right! Thanks for pointing out my pre-cambrian mind-slip! 
8-)

But apart from that, I think the SM71 vs SM81 comparison with uSparc-II 
CPU's makes sense.

Craig.

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