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From: Rick Jones on 21 Apr 2010 19:18 MitchAlsup <MitchAlsup(a)aol.com> wrote: > We saw this develop with the interplay between Alpha and HP, Alpha > taking the speed deamon approach, while HP took the brainiac > approach. Alpha had more layers of cache with thinner slices at > each level. HP tried to avoid even the second level of cache (7600 > Snakes) You mean the HP 9000/700 series of workstations? The first of which were the 720, 730 and 750, codnamed "Snakes" and using the (iirc) PCX-S processor, also used in the HP 9000/800 series of commercial servers? rick jones -- No need to believe in either side, or any side. There is no cause. There's only yourself. The belief is in your own precision. - Joubert these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... :) feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... |