Gavin quotes:
> The final SPEC95 performance measurements for the PA-8000 of SPECint95 of
> 11.8 and SPECfp95 of 20.2 far exceed HP's earlier estimates of 8.6 and
> 15, repectively, and outpace all competitors.
>
> HP's last-year estimates of a SPECint95 rating of 8.6 and a SPECfp95
> rating of 15 for the PA-8000 were made prior to the completion of HP's
> PA-8000-focused compiler enhancements. Compiler technology is integral to
> the performance of all RISC-based systems.
 
Great news for the Unix folks. Unfortunately, unless these changes are ported
to MPE compilers -- and past performance-enhancing compiler changes have not
been -- the performance improvement for MPE customers is likely to be much
closer to HP's original estimates, or about 30% less than Unix users get.
 
-- Bruce
 
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