Re: NetBSD/sparc64 and GbE performance

[Matthias Scheler <tron%zhadum.org.uk@localhost>]

On Sun, May 08, 2011 at 10:35:01AM -0400, der Mouse wrote:
> > Yes, larger chips means more transistor, inferior manufacturing or
> > both.
> 
> And how does "more transistors" equate to "inferior"?  Perhaps it just
> has more functionality; in most contexts, that would actually be
> superior, not inferior.

Let me rephrase that:
The less transistors you need to the same job and the same speed the better
your hardware design is.

The same applies to software. It's good if you need less code to the same
job at same speed.

        Kind regards

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Matthias Scheler                                  http://zhadum.org.uk/