106 mip PC

[Jim Reisert]

In article <12487 at netcom.UUCP> jbreeden at netcom.uucp (John Breeden) writes:
>
>Does anyone know any details about AT&T's Starserver E? The lit I have 
>says it's a true symmetrical, multiprocessor 33mhz 486 (4 processors).
>They claim a MIP rating of 106MIPS (yea!, I know. That's faster than
>a 3090!), and they are shipping it!

Then, in a followup, <1990Jul23.165921.28420 at cbnewsl.att.com>,
	rubin at cbnewsl.att.com (Mike Rubin) writes...
>
>I wouldn't doubt the 26 MIPS single-processor figure; it really does scream.
>...
>The 106-MIP rating is calculated, not observed.

It seems hard for my tiny brain to fathom that the quad processor system
runs *more than* 4 times faster than 4 individual processors (4x26=104
MIPS).  If this is indeed true, we'll be seeing some interesting patents
coming out of AT&T.

jim

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