Re: How are CPU Speed and Overall CPW Related? -- MIDRANGE-L

Hi Neil,

I think the analogy would be comparing horsepower of the engine, not overall
performance of the vehicle.

Regards,
Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 425-0194 voice
909 425-0196 fax


----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Palmer" <neilp@dpslink.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: How are CPU Speed and Overall CPW Related?


> PC vs 400.  You're trying to compare the performance of a motorcycle to a
> bus.  Are zero to 60 times meaningful in this comparison?
> What about miles per gallon.  Now what about passenger miles per gallon.
> Admittedly with one passenger in the bus the numbers may not look good in
> comparison to the motorcycle - but what if you need to move 60 passengers.
>
>
> ...Neil
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> "Nathan M. Andelin" <nathanma@haaga.com>
> Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> 2001/05/02 18:03
> Please respond to MIDRANGE-L
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>         To:     <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
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> > From: Jim Damato <jdamato@dollargeneral.com>
>
> > In your opinion, what do you think is the reason that
> > IBM is governing the CPU?  Is there a technical reason
> > why they would want to do it?
>
> With all due respect to Alexei Pytel, I believe "governor" is the correct
> term.  My hypothesis is that the standard CPU would do more, given more
> cache.  I can't think of a technical reason for limiting cache.  But maybe
> there's a business reason, which I don't understand.  I'd like an
> explanation too.
>
> I believe that if IBM offered better performance for the price, then it
> would attract new customers to the platform.  But IBM is in a better
> position than I to make that call.
>
> > Is this what you mean, or are you talking about something
> > far less nefarious?
>
> The thing that bothers me is the obfuscation.  Customers should have good
> information, but they don't.  For example, I recall a thread in which
> Patrick Townsend expressed confusion over a C program he wrote to do some
> work with stream files.  He compiled the program to run on both Intel and
> AS/400.  It blew him away that the Intel processor offered so much
> superior
> performance.  Now it makes sense to me.  The AS/400 had a much slower
> processor, which was also probably bridled.
>
> I believe that kind of confusion is widespread.  Customers believe they
> are
> buying "Big Iron", but what they getting is "Little Copper".
>
> I appreciate how IBM provides CPW figures to compare one model to the
> next.
> But IBM seems to either hide or obscure numbers that compare the AS/400 to
> Intel.
>
> Nathan.
>
>
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