snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy) (03/13/89)
Fhrankenstone: number of times benchmark can die and be resurrected per second
This benchmark is currently very dangerous to run, as an electrical storm
is required. It is hoped that a low power technique can be found for the
next release. An industry spy overheard the principal researcher asking his
assistant to "Put the stack-pointer back." It is believed that the
researcher was trapped in a subroutine at the time. Sun's SPARC technology
currently leads the pack in this benchmark, but mAMP, a joint venture between
MIPS and AMPhenol hopes to overtake SPARC with their on-chip battery design
fed by special high-current connectors which also serve as the chip's heat
sink. Company spokepersons were unwilling to reveal how many milliamp-hours
their product would cache on-chip. Public confidence in the new product
was dampened at an early demo of a prototype unit which used a defective
cpu and a pair of automotive battery clamps from a junkyard. The prototype
paniced easily, and the public demanded it be dismantled. Improvements
to the prototype, including a voice-synthesis unit, has calmed public
fears of the new technology. It's not easy being on the cutting edge.
"Hard drives and kilobytes are tinkertoys, I'm talking about the central
networking system."
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