Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] cpu/disk tradeoff
From: Paul Barton-Davis (pbd_AT_Op.Net)
Date: pe loka 15 1999 - 17:26:20 EDT
In message <99101522192200.00510_AT_localhost.localdomain>you write:
>> "It was also interesting to notice how vastly
>> superior the MIPS processor was: about 5 times as fast as its clock
>> speed equivalent Pentium-II."
>
>Well, it looks like x86 CPUs aren't very cost effective these days,
just to clarify: the MIPS was about 5 times the speed *for this
benchmark*, which tested a specific thing: table-driven sine wave
generation. there is no particular reason to expect the difference to
apply to everything else. it would be interesting to see the
comparison for float computed sine waves.
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