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Offline HammerD

Re: X1000 CPU is PWRficient PA6T
« on: June 21, 2010, 07:13:53 PM »
Quote from: trekiej;566187
So, how powerful is it?
http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2007/02/8828.ars
Hopefuly not a double post.


It's actually not as fast as I would have thought:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instructions_per_second

8800 MIPS at 2.0 GHz.

Look at the figures of some of the Intel CPUS.

Having said that, it blows away existing and available PowerPC chips that are currently running AmigaOS 4.
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Offline HammerD

Re: X1000 CPU is PWRficient PA6T
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2010, 07:18:31 PM »
well it blows away a 68060 @ 66Mhz - which is about 88 MIPS :)  lol
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