Hi all,

I have a client who is looking to purchase a Sun Blade 2000 workstaion
(not to be confused with the B100 Bladeserver), dual CPU.

He wants one CPU to be the UltraSPARC III Cu @ 1.2 GHz, while the
other he was wanting to be something more "mathematically inclined",
citing a 'Type-A' math co-processor.

This is a little beyond my tech experitse. In general, I am unclear
as to how a UltraSPARC might differ from an SGI MIPS CPU in terms of
mathematical computation. In light of that, is there a Sun CPU that
fits the bill? In addition, if there is a solution, can one pair it
up with a 'normal' Ultra SPARC III Cu??

TIA!

McNeedo

McNeedo wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a client who is looking to purchase a Sun Blade 2000 workstaion
> (not to be confused with the B100 Bladeserver), dual CPU.
>
> He wants one CPU to be the UltraSPARC III Cu @ 1.2 GHz, while the
> other he was wanting to be something more "mathematically inclined",
> citing a 'Type-A' math co-processor.
>
> This is a little beyond my tech experitse. In general, I am unclear
> as to how a UltraSPARC might differ from an SGI MIPS CPU in terms of
> mathematical computation. In light of that, is there a Sun CPU that
> fits the bill? In addition, if there is a solution, can one pair it
> up with a 'normal' Ultra SPARC III Cu??
>
> TIA!
>
> McNeedo

Is he talking about the chip's personality? I.e. aggressive?

In article <da018a1a.0309110906.9d2c3ab@posting.google.com> ,
mcneedo@hotmail.com (McNeedo) wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a client who is looking to purchase a Sun Blade 2000 workstaion
> (not to be confused with the B100 Bladeserver), dual CPU.
>
> He wants one CPU to be the UltraSPARC III Cu @ 1.2 GHz, while the
> other he was wanting to be something more "mathematically inclined",
> citing a 'Type-A' math co-processor.

A what?

Either this client knows about some sort of experimental or super-
secret gadget, or (my guess) he was too busy reading Computerworld
and got the wrong mix into his pipe.

I never heard of any such thing, myself.

Karl

> Is he talking about the chip's personality? I.e. aggressive?

LOL! I guess that answers my question(s)...

Thanks.

> Is he talking about the chip's personality? I.e. aggressive?

LOL! I guess that answers my question(s)...

Thanks.