On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Jon Lindgren wrote:

> ..what is the fastest CPU that NetBSD will run on?...
> I'm assuming a good mix of float math and a gratuitous amount of memory
> access.

Well, Intel-type chips are pretty darn fast, but as soon as you
throw in floating point they fall far behind. So for your purposes,
I should think that the Alpha is pretty much where it's at. The
forthcoming 1.6 Gz 21364 should pretty much wipe the floor with
anything else out there.

cjs
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