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To: Elmer who wrote (69869)	8/25/1999 2:52:00 PM
From: Petz	Respond to of 1574000

Elmer, re:<he performance numbers I stated at HPWorld99 were PA mode numbers. For Clarity this means PA binaries running in translated mode on IA-64.> OK, but my remarks on the clock frequency still stand: "...why on earth would HP compare a processor they helped develop, at a frequency which it will never run? Does it make any sense at all to use a clock frequency in a benchmark that the CPU will never see? Gimme a break." Does anyone have access to MP Forum papers that might give a clue as to the speed penalty for "PA binaries running in translated mode" versus "native mode?" Is Merced native code a superset of HP PA RISC? I was not aware that Merce had three operating modes -- native, PA RISC, x86 -- so perhaps the "translation" is done ahead of time. Petz