20 Dec
2007
20 Dec
'07
4:55 a.m.
On Dec 20, 2007, at 1:30 AM, Robert Nansel wrote:
Anybody up for a contest to see who can design the
most powerful
general-purpose digital computer given these constraints? I guess
we'd have to figure out what "powerful" means in this context, given
that it's likely never to exceed a few KIPS.
Well then you'd have the problem of defining "most powerful". By
many metrics, any VAX is an incredibly powerful system, but the average
not-so-powerful modern PeeCee will blow its doors off in integer
performance. So how will you define "power"?
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL