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To: Raymond Thomas who started this subject8/20/2002 1:43:55 PM
From: wanna_bmw  Read Replies (1) of 186894
 
Sun launches new joke 64-bit workstations



Maximum Value in 64-Bit Computing
-- Sun's UltraSPARC IIi processor -- 550 MHz or 650 MHz processor with
512 KB on-chip L2 cache, doubling the 256 KB of the UltraSPARC IIe
processor.
-- Large Memory Capacity -- Up to 2 GB of addressable memory helps
enable support to run complex technical applications with very large
data sets.
-- Increased Internal Storage -- Up to two internal 40 GB 7200-RPM EIDE
hard drives provide high capacity internal storage and expansion.
-- Latest I/O technology -- Four USB ports and two IEEE 1394 ports for
peripherals. Customers can connect USB-based storage or supported
alternative keyboards and mice to suit their preferences. IEEE 1394
helps ensure high-end digital video performance by delivering
synchronized video/audio I/O.
-- Built-in Smart Card reader -- Provides enhanced security for log-in
and access authentication to the system.


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Please inform Sun that this technology might have looked good in 1999.

"The Sun Blade 150 workstation also delivers significant performance increases on the SPEC CPU2000 benchmarks. The Sun Blade 150 workstation clocked 41 percent better performance on SPECint2000 versus the Sun Blade 100 workstation and a 52 percent performance boost on SPECfp2000. On the technical computing application ABAQUS, the Sun Blade 150 workstation is up to 63 percent faster than the Sun Blade 100 workstation."

The Sun Blade 100 received a score of 165 in SPECint, and 163 in SPECfp. That means the *brand new* UltraSparc IIi is capable of extreme processing at 233 SPECint and 248 SPECfp.

I take it back. This system would have barely looked good in 1999, since it would have competed with an even lower cost 700MHz Pentium III with SPECint of 310 and SPECfp of 213. Sun is just hopelessly behind by 2002 standards.

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