energy costs

[Jakob Oestergaard]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 10:23:50AM -0500, Mark Hahn wrote:
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> > As you suggest, the P4 will (as does the Cray X1) do 
> > significantly better when cache use/re-use is a 
> > significant factor.
> 
> no, it's not a matter of reuse, but what you consider "peak".

"Peak" is what the vendor guarantees you *cannot* reach  ;)

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