RE: processor speed vs 32-bit

"Luck, Tony" <[email protected]> Wed, 9 Nov 2005 13:02:44 -0800
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 >  Given that the Itanium2 processor speed is less than what you can =
get with 32-bit processors, how does performance compare.
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What benchmark (or even better, what real workload) are you looking at?
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"processor speed" has many dimensions, at some tasks Itanium 2 outpaces =
other
cpus, at others it doesn't.
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-Tony

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&nbsp;</SPAN>Given that the Itanium2 processor speed is less than what =
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D552050021-09112005>cpus, at others it =
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D552050021-09112005>-Tony</SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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