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
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Reply-To: grenley@nsc.UUCP (George Grenley)
Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale
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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)