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From: dfh@scirtp.UUCP (David F. Hinnant)
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.arch
Subject: Re: 386 Architectural Description
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Date: Sun, 3-Nov-85 21:49:48 EST
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> In article <130@intelca.UUCP> clif@intelca.UUCP (Clif Purkiser) writes:
> >At the request of some people I am reposting a fairly brief description
> >of the architecture of the 80386.  
> >
> >                          80386 Product Brief
> 
> What many of us would like to see is some benchmarks of the 68020 vs 386.
> May I suggest that you run both th Dhrystone and Whetstone benchmarks ASAP
> and post them on the net.micro and net.68K.  If you need source, let me know.
> 
> 				Mike McEvoy

I agree, but BEWARE WHO RUNS THE BENCHMARKS!  How about an INDEPENDENT
UNBIASED volunteer?  The Dhrystone should be a better representation
than the Whetstone though.  Moreover, some highly complex application
program (VLSI routing for example) would serve as a good test case.
It's important to make sure the operating system doesn't affect the
benchmark.  Both the CPU and the OS version should be the same (i.e.
the same implementation of UNIX).  Since I doubt 4.2BSD runs on the 386
yet, how about System III or V?  Remember - Benchmark the CPU, not the
UNIX implementation.  Right Intel?

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				David Hinnant
				SCI Systems, Inc.
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