Re: UltraSPARC versus AMD

Richard_D_Levine@raytheon.com wrote:
> I just got done comparing SPECMarks (on spec.org) between Sun's AMD entry
> level servers versus similarly configured UltraSPARCs versus desktop AMD
> based machines.  Sun's AMD machines are twice as fast as their UItraSPARCs,
> for approximately the same price.  What a hoot.

Not that surprising. UltraSparcs haven't been "fast" in a long time.
They just scale really well.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake



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