Re: PA-Semi

On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:02:03 -0700, David Kanter wrote:

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> Joe Seigh wrote:
>> Rupert Pigott wrote:
>> > Anyone else somewhat gobsmacked by the SPECfp/Watt *per socket*
>> > that the Inquirer claims for the PA Semi chip ? Specifically ~2000
>> > SPECfp per core, two cores per chip. PA Semi claim 5-13W power
>> > consumption for a chip. That appears to include a whole chunk of
>> > stuff like PCIe and 10GigE ports too...
>> [...]
>>
>> More information about a processor most of us will never see in a
>> general purpose computer.
>>
>> http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27233
>>
>> Interesting comment about making the memory model strongly ordered.
>
> I'll toot my own horn here:
>
> http://www.realworldtech.com/page.cfm?ArticleID=RWT102405055354

Any thoughts on how that compares to the Freescale MPC6841D?
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/overview.jsp?nodeId=0162468rH3bTdG7249

Is "slightly scaled up in all dimensions" a fair description?

What's the target market(s)?

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Andrew

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