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To: Justin Banks who wrote (4329)	2/6/1998 9:25:00 PM
From: Patrick Gainer	Read Replies (2) of 14451

Justin Banks writes: > And neither can we. Unfortunately, it's hard to let the general > public know that a R12k @ X Mhz is faster than a Pentium<whatever> > @ X*2 Mhz because of architectural differences. It's hard to > counter Merced FUD, even though > > o It's not a real chip. > o It's a re-implementation of several already-failed ideas. > o It's too complex to be widely workable. > o It's too hot to ever be used in a desktop, or even a deskside." Holy FUD! I can't believe the sort of stuff you are spewing! - Merced is at least as real as the R12k - a re-implementation of failed ideas? That proves you have no idea whatsoever about what constitutes merced. It also indicates you have relatively little idea about micro-processor design. - too complex? I'm still waiting for the 275 MHz R10K you guys pre-announced in Jan 1996. Two years late and counting. - too hot? How on earth would you know that since you claim it isn't even real? Listen, I hate goofy marketing claims and FUD as much as the next person but I have a hard time remembering when I've seen such blatant crap from an SGI employee. You should be ashamed. And anyway, the reason it is hard for you to compare yourselves against Intel is because when the comparison involves commercial benchmarking, you guys lose. I just checked out SGI's recent tpc-d announcement and found an 8-way 250 MHz R10K Origin system running Oracle 8 did significantly worse than a 4-way Pentium Pro system running NT and Oracle 8. So how are you faster again? And what were the marketing folks thinking when they allowed you to release such bad numbers? Pat

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