Beyond Speed and onto Capabilities
Paul Otellini, Intel's Chief Operations Officer, probably said it best when he spoke about the changing dynamic that drives the need for Itanium and its processor family. “With Itanium the definition somewhat changes because it's not about megahertz anymore, it's about all of the functionality together.”
The standard speed benchmark, touted by computer stores and resellers alike, has been speed as measured in 'megahertz'. And it is true that for most architectures in the last two decades, the megahertz measurement has been a good representative of relative performance. On the other hand, a company's IT managers might have a slightly different evaluation process. Paul notes that “they run benchmarks, they run ...
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