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To: Rob Young who wrote (66843)	7/28/1999 11:18:00 PM
From: Gary Ng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575981

Bob, Re: Today a 667 MHz Alpha obtains 65 SpecFp95 Just curious, where do you get that ? On SPEC's space, it is only 49(53). spec.org Gary

To: Rob Young who wrote (66843)	7/29/1999 12:26:00 AM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575981

Re: "What's funny is to see HP (or pick a vendor) compare the performance of their latest box and leave an Alpha out of the comparison. Line up PowerPC, UltraSparc, Intel, MIPS and PA-RISC but no Alpha .. time and again." I suspect HP wouldn't mind comparing their processors to Alpha because they beat Alpha in SpecInt95 and are very close behind in SpecFP95. specbench.org EP P.S. loved Marcus Welby

To: Rob Young who wrote (66843)	7/29/1999 2:37:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575981

Rob - Re: "What would you consider fp competitive to an Alpha late next year, pick a SpecFp95 number. I mean a bet isn't worth pondering unless you can zero in on something. " How about 80 SpecFP95 ? By the way - I want to congratulate you and Compaq on a wonderful quarter - definitely due to the explosive sales of all those ALpha chips that Compaq gets from over three suppliers - Intel, Samsung and IBM. Maybe Compaq can add AMD next quarter - to help BOOST those Alpha megaPROFITS. Paul