RE: as/400 / linux / lpar

Steve,

According to 'Fortress Rochester' by Frank Soltis, the new processor has a
different architecture such that its clock speed will be higher than the
previous processor when providing the same throughput.  Therefore, a part of
the increased clock speed is just due to this new architecture and doesn't
add any new actual speed.  This is also part of the reason that the older
processers clock speed seemed so low, it was due to the architecture.

I don't have the book here at work so I can't reference the exact section
but this is how I remember it.

Scott Mildenberger

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Richter [mailto:srichter@autocoder.com]
> Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 5:05 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: as/400 / linux / lpar
>
> I am still looking for the reason the cpw per processor of
> the new regatta
> 890 is only 40% more than that of the former high end 840.
> Even though the
> clock speed is 100% greater.
>