[SunRescue] SS4/SS5/SS10 funzies.....(:+}}...

[Joshua D. Boyd]

So, how does a 80mhz SuperSparc supposedly compare to the 170mhz chips in
SS5s?  If any machine were possible, what is that fastest non-ultra CPU
sparc available?  Is there anything as dramatic as the difference between
the 150mhz R4400 vs the 75mhz R8000?

--
Joshua Boyd

On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, James Lockwood wrote:

> On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, User Bobkeys BSD Bob the old greybeard BSD freak wrote:
> 
> > 36mhz... geesh, my IPX is faster then... YUK.
> 
> No, the SS10 is over twice as fast:
> 
> System            CPU        ClkMHz  Cache      SPECint SPECfp  Info
> Name              (NUMx)Type ext/in  Ext+I/D      92      92    Date
> ================= ========== ======= ========== ======= ======= =====
> Sun SS/IPX        FJMB86903  40      64           21.8    21.5  Nov92
> Sun SS10/30       SuprSP     36      20/16        45.2    54.0  Apr93
> 
> The SuperSparcs can do up to 3-way issue and have a much faster memory bus
> (64-bit 36MHz in your case vs 32-bit 20MHz for the IPX).  A fast (75MHz+)
> SuperSparc will easily be more than 5-6x as fast as your IPX.
> 
> > I can't see anything on the SS5 processor.  Nothing speedwise came
> > up in the boot, that I could tell.
> >
> > I got sol8 booting on the SS5, now.... keeping fingers crossed...
> 
> Try a psrinfo once you get Solaris booted.
> 
> -James
> 
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