Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdahl!nsc!grenley From: grenley@nsc.nsc.com (George Grenley) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Bar Wars again (benchmarking) Message-ID: <6684@nsc.nsc.com> Date: 29 Sep 88 20:08:54 GMT References: <2220003@hpausla.HP.COM> <46500026@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> <6683@nsc.nsc.com> Reply-To: grenley@nsc.UUCP (George Grenley) Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale Lines: 27 Welcome Benchmark Fans! The wheel's come full circle here at National, and I am again in the 32 bit micro benchmarking business. Many moons ago I proposed on this net a public, head to head comparison of the various 32 bit chips, preferably "offsite" at a local tavern. The idea met with some favorable response; let's see if the world is still interested. Each prospective participant should bring his iron, and the usual benchmark code. Be prepared to have ALL code inspected (including library sources) by the referees. We will compile and run the code, and all results will be published, and placed in the public domain. We will also verify clock rates, etc. We will need some "impartial referees". Kent Porter, of Dr. Dobbs' Journal, has expressed interest in this. I think we should have 1 or 2 others as well. Volunteers? I will be happy to arrange time, place, and other logistical details. Interested parties can contact me at nsc!grenley, or (408) 721-5513. I'm especially interested in SPARC hardware, as well as 68030 and 386 platforms. Also, I understand the 29000 is far enough along to appear in public. Tim Olson, are you interested? Enogh for now. George Grenley (I own Intel, Mot, AND NSC based systems - I'm either unbiased or indecisive)