RE: How are CPU Speed and Overall CPW Related?

["Nathan M. Andelin" <nathanma@xxxxxxxxx>]

by TIMOTHY PRICKETT MORGAN

> The 170s using the slowest Northstars easily have five
> times as much raw processing power as IBM is letting
> customers get at.

> From: "Leif Svalgaard" <leif@leif.org>

> From: . http://www.midrangecomputing.com/mc/articles/19980903.htm

Nice to have an authoritative source say it, Lief.  Thanks for the
reference.  I may have a 200 Mhz Northstar, but I'm only able to get at
twenty percent (20%) of it.  I was beginning to wonder if there was
something wrong with my CPU.  But this reference is consistent with the
benchmarks I've been running.

Now, when I get ten 10 times better performance from my Intel CPU, I won't
be confused.

Actually I do believe in the AS/400's value proposition regardless of my CPU
performance concern.  Just in case some of you were beginning to wonder.

Nathan.


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