From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Grant Grundler Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 21:25:16 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Itanium gets supercomputing software Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Apr 12, 2003 at 06:55:01AM +1000, Duraid Madina wrote: > Isn't a single CPU rp2430 somewhere between 1/8 and 1/4 the price of a > dual zx6000? Dunno. is it? Try comparing dual rp2470 and dual rx2600 with similar products from other vendors. David wrote: | - hp workstation zx2000 (Linux software enablement kit) | - Intel? Itanium 2 900MHz Processor with 1.5MB on-chip L3 cache Sorry - my bad. I misread that as "2x 900 Mhz". Anyway, my point still stands, comparing a "server" (rackable, remote console) with a "workstation" (3D gfx, sound, DVD-ROM) has alot of variables and different folks value these things differently. But even here, I would guess the difference in CPU perf alone is 2x or more by most measures. Yes, I know the price is 3x but other things make zx2000 attract to a different set of customers (like linux support). grant