dennis@mips.COM (Dennis Franklin) (10/20/88)
In article <5498@juniper.uucp> chari@juniper.UUCP (Christopher Michael Whatley) writes: >... Doesn't 20 RISC MIPS equal about 5 CISC MIPS? > The "MIPS" figure that is published by RISC chip/computer manufacturers IS what you term "CISC MIPS". It is usually stated as "VAX MIPS". I.e., 1 VAX 11/750 = 1 MIP.
tim@crackle.amd.com (Tim Olson) (10/20/88)
In article <6119@quacky.mips.COM> dennis@admin.UUCP (Dennis Franklin) writes: | In article <5498@juniper.uucp> chari@juniper.UUCP (Christopher Michael Whatley) writes: | >... Doesn't 20 RISC MIPS equal about 5 CISC MIPS? | > | The "MIPS" figure that is published by RISC chip/computer manufacturers | IS what you term "CISC MIPS". It is usually stated as "VAX MIPS". I.e., | 1 VAX 11/750 = 1 MIP. ^^^^^^ Should be 11/780, unless you want your VUPS scaled by 0.6! ;-) -- Tim Olson Advanced Micro Devices (tim@crackle.amd.com)
rogerk@mips.COM (Roger B.A. Klorese) (10/20/88)
In article <6119@quacky.mips.COM> dennis@admin.UUCP (Dennis Franklin) writes: >In article <5498@juniper.uucp> chari@juniper.UUCP (Christopher Michael Whatley) writes: >>... Doesn't 20 RISC MIPS equal about 5 CISC MIPS? >> >The "MIPS" figure that is published by RISC chip/computer manufacturers >IS what you term "CISC MIPS". It is usually stated as "VAX MIPS". I.e., >1 VAX 11/750 = 1 MIP. Close, dude, but no ceegar... 1 VAX 11/780 = 1 MIPS, by convention. (Based on what benchmarks? We've been through *that* one too many times to do it again right now...) -- Roger B.A. Klorese MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. {ames,decwrl,prls,pyramid}!mips!rogerk 928 E. Arques Ave. rogerk@mips.COM (rogerk%mips.COM@ames.arc.nasa.gov) Sunnyvale, CA 94086 I don't think we're in toto anymore, Kansas. +1 408 991-7802