Jeff DeMaagd (jdemaa17@calvin.edu)
Wed, 7 Apr 1999 09:20:38 -0400 (EDT)
Thanks for the clarification, as I didn't read the release very closely
myself. I seem to remember that the speedup was an average of about a
30%.
Is anyone permitted to say what the projected price is? I realized that
the demand is from high performance computing customers, meaning that
they have several systems and can afford the cost as the performance gain
on all systems would be better than buying an extra node. I won't gag, but
the marketers must keep in mind that pretty nice hardware systems can be
built with the same cost as the DU compiler - last I checked about
1200$US, but then there are also 30 and 60 day no charge 'loan' licences,
both are very limiting.
JRDM
On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Jon 'maddog' Hall, USG Senior Leader wrote:
> (sigh)
>
> The wording of the Q and A for the announcement (I don't remember
> EXACTLY what the press announcement said) was:
>
> UP TO 2X performance for some functions.....and for the libraries, UP TO
> 10X performance on some routines.
>
> But the benchmarks will be done before the compiler ships, then you can make
> your own judgements.
>
> md
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