Just thought I'd share the following general information....cheers!
> COMPAQ ALPHA EV67 PROCESSORS LEAD SERVER PERFORMANCE NEW INFORMATION ON
> COMPAQ WEBSITE NEW SPEC CPU2000 BENCHMARK CONFIRMS ALPHASERVERS ARE up to
> 4 Times Faster Than IBM, Sun and HP Servers in Floating Point and Integer
> Results
>
> FRIDAY, JANUARY 14 2000 11:03 AM EST
> HOUSTON, Jan 14, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Compaq Computer
> Corporation (NYSE:CPQ </quotes/quotes.asp?source=htx/http2_mw&symb=CPQ>)
> today announced that Alpha systems, with the new Alpha EV67 processor,
> have achieved the top ranking in the new SPEC CPU2000 benchmark suite. The
> new tests confirm previous SPEC benchmark results, which also rated Compaq
> AlphaServer systems at the top. The Alpha EV67 processor is currently
> shipping in the AlphaServer GS and SC series and the AlphaStation XP1000.
> The new processor will be introduced into all AlphaServer systems,
> including the DS and ES series.
> In both integer and floating point components of the SPEC CPU2000
> benchmark, AlphaServer systems outperformed all other servers by up to 400
> percent. In addition to faster processor speeds, the Alpha processor-based
> systems exploited their advantages in main memory bandwidth, large,
> high-speed caches, and their ability to perform well across a wide variety
> of test applications.
> For more details on this announcement, please visit Compaq's Web site at:
> <http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/spec2000.html>. For additional
> information on the SPEC CPU2000 benchmark, please visit www.spec.org
> <http://www.spec.org>
Received on Sat Jan 15 2000 - 09:56:54 NZDT