Subject: Fast CPU's in the SS10.
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/09/2000 23:36:21
Ummm, did people here commenting about the SS10 just leave their
clues somewhere and forget that the MBUS slots support cpu's from
the 33MHz SuperSPARC to the 200MHz ROSS HyperSPARC ? I think you
can even get quad configs running at 200MHz, but that'll cost you
big bucks. Catch being that the SuperSPARC's (I & II) all came
with 1MB L2 cache whilst the Ross cpu's had 128/256/512k. There
maybe some limit on the SS10 which limits it to 180MHz HyperSPARCs
with the SS20 able to host the 200MHz ones.
In terms of performance, the usual throw away line used is that
the SuperSPARC at x MHz is equivalent to the microSPARC at 2*x MHz.
model MHz SPECint92 SPECfp92 SPECint SPECfp
----- --- --------- -------- -Rate92--Rate92-
10/20 33 39.8 46.6 943 1104
10/30 36 45.2 54.0 1072 1282
10/40 40 50.2 60.2 1191 1427
10/402 40x2 2112 2378
10/41 40 53.2 67.8 1264 1607
10/412 40x2 2411 2854
10/51 50 65.2 83.0 1580 2008
10/512 50x2 2950 3744
10/514 50x4 5155 5809
SPARCstation 5
Processor(s): microSPARC II @ 70MHz, 85MHz, 110MHz;
57.0/64.0/? SPECint92, 47.3/54.6/? SPECfp92,
1352/1518/? SPECintRate92, 1122/1295/? SPECfpRate92
Darren