29 Dec
2017
29 Dec
'17
5:28 a.m.
On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 08:08:11AM -0800, Larry McVoy wrote:
"Digital's 21164 Reaches 500 MHz: Alpha Regains Performance Lead,
Leaves Pentium Pro in Dust" -- Microprocessor Report July 8, 1996.
http://noel.feld.cvut.cz/vyu/scs/alpha/164_500.pdf
Looks to me from the article that Alpha was certain participating in
the clock speed wars, though.
- Ted
I think
you're right. The disinterest in marketing and advertising
(Ken Olsen, and therefore DEC, had a "build it and they will come"
mentality) was one aspect of the corporate culture. An example of its
negative impact: When the Alpha EV5 came out, it was several times
faster than anything else around.
Got a reference for that performance claim? Wasn't that mid 1990's?
If so, I was heavily into benchmarking and performance work during
that period. If there was a processor that was 2x faster, let alone
several times faster, I would have noticed.
http://www.bitmover.com/lmbench/lmbench-usenix.pdf