sloan@engcon.marshall.ltv.com (KASLOAN) (11/20/89)
hi there,
i am in serious need of information concerning how Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC)
measures the performance of their computers. i design guidance processors for
missile systems here at LTV in Dallas, and i have been instructed to measure the
performance of my guidance processor in terms of VAX MIPS for government
consultants. Well, i don't have the faintest idea on how to do that.
What i have found out so far is that DEC runs a series of benchmarks(such as nroff,
diff, yacc, dryhstone, etc), and places the results of each benchmark into some equation
that yields VAX MIPS.
What i need is as follows:
1. Precise information on how DEC measures performance, or knowledge of a
reliable source who would know.
2. Information on where i can find the source code for popular benchmarks such
as dryhstones, whetstone, diff, etc. Hopefully sources written in C or
PASCAL. And please i need phone numbers, addresses, or network addresses.
thank you in advance,
keith
Keith Sloan
LTV Missiles and Electronics Group phone: 214/266-9165
P.O. Box 650003 fax : 214/266-7258
Dallas, Tx 75265-0003 network address: engcon!sloan@uunet