By: Michael S (already5chosen.delete@this.yahoo.com), August 12, 2014 1:58 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Wilco (Wilco.Dijkstra.delete@this.ntlworld.com) on August 11, 2014 5:37 pm wrote:
> Aaron Spink (aaronspink.delete@this.notearthlink.net) on August 10, 2014 8:46 am wrote:
> > Wilco (Wilco.Dijkstra.delete@this.ntlworld.com) on August 10, 2014 8:30 am wrote:
> >
> > > Whether official or not, the Intel SPEC scores do not translate into real world
> > > performance - if you believe otherwise you're deluded. Using the Intel scores
> > > as a basis for anything besides marketing bragging rights is just insane.
> > >
> > The generally translate better to real world performance than PR estimates... You can't have it both ways.
>
> You can buy one now and run SPEC yourself if you like. I wouldn't
> be surprised if Intel had already ordered a bunch for evaluation.
>
> Wilco
Intel used to not just run SPEC on competitor's machines in the lab, but also to submit results to official SPEC database. Last time as recently as last month:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2014q3/cpu2006-20140715-30427.html
Hopefully, they will do it to AMCC.
> Aaron Spink (aaronspink.delete@this.notearthlink.net) on August 10, 2014 8:46 am wrote:
> > Wilco (Wilco.Dijkstra.delete@this.ntlworld.com) on August 10, 2014 8:30 am wrote:
> >
> > > Whether official or not, the Intel SPEC scores do not translate into real world
> > > performance - if you believe otherwise you're deluded. Using the Intel scores
> > > as a basis for anything besides marketing bragging rights is just insane.
> > >
> > The generally translate better to real world performance than PR estimates... You can't have it both ways.
>
> You can buy one now and run SPEC yourself if you like. I wouldn't
> be surprised if Intel had already ordered a bunch for evaluation.
>
> Wilco
Intel used to not just run SPEC on competitor's machines in the lab, but also to submit results to official SPEC database. Last time as recently as last month:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2014q3/cpu2006-20140715-30427.html
Hopefully, they will do it to AMCC.