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To: Jerry Whlan who wrote (2970)	10/10/1997 7:04:00 PM
From: Patrick Gainer	of 14451

"Sun just recently announecd new #1 TPC numbers (though only for the UE6000), something like 52K TPC-C/sec for about $7mil with 44 processors. SGI needs to get their butt in gear and get a 64-cpu or 96-cpu number on the chart. There current entry is only 25K TPC-C/sec for $3.5mil. SGI needs to sell their "scalability" story here." What makes you think SGI can even beat SUN? - The R10k is slower than SUN's processor (heck, it's slower than a Pentium Pro on commercial workloads). - TPC-C can be clustered pretty much without limit. SUN can always do another number with another node added. - In fact, for TPC like workloads, the SMP model (or SSMP) is a disadvantage when compared to a cluster. So SGI has a disadvantaged architecture and slower cpus. How will they beat SUN's TPC numbers again?

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