srm@nsc.UUCP (Richard Mateosian) (05/22/85)
In article <8745@microsoft.UUCP> gordonl@microsoft.UUCP (Gordon Letwin) writes: > > Machine performance > as a religion - convince the other guy you're right using all > means, fair and foul - is a dead issue. Machine performance > as a science - don't decree what's right, FIND OUT what's > right - could still be of interest, from a theoretical standpoint. > I've seen very little of this on the net, though. > Funny you should mention that. IEEE Task P856 is a standardization effort for microprocessor benchmarking. We really are concerned with ways to find out what's right and to eliminate the sort of shoddy stuff that all of us in the computer business have been doing for many years. As it happens, I'm the secretary for P856, so I can tell you authoritatively that the next meeting is going to be held on June 19th 1985 at National Semiconductor in Santa Clara, California: Building D, Kifer west of Lawrence Room D34 June 19th 1985 (Wednesday) 1-5pm Park in visitors' lot, come to main lobby, and ask security guard to call extension 5441. RSVP by mail or call 415/540-7745 -- Richard Mateosian {allegra,cbosgd,decwrl,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!nsc!srm nsc!srm@decwrl.ARPA