Re: [suse-sparc] Need help with Sparc10 hardware

From: Ingo T. Storm (suse-sparc_at_computerbild.de)
Date: Sun Jan 26 2003 - 21:03:46 CET

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From: "Ingo T. Storm" <suse-sparc@computerbild.de>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 21:03:46 +0100
Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Need help with Sparc10 hardware

    Hi Stuart,

    all those items will carry a sun part number (501-XXXX). This and

    http://mbus.sunhelp.org

    will help you identify the CPUs and assess the differences.

    As to "which one is faster", the regular answer is "depends". The huge
    differences in cache sizes equalize the advantage in MHz between SuperSPARC
    and HyperSPARC in a lot of tasks, but not at all in others. Same applies to
    mbus speed: if you need I/O, a slow cpu with a high mbus speed might come
    out faster...

    Ingo

    P.S. http://www.sunhelp.org might answer your questions on frame buffers as
    well. 

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