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HP Finally Reveals The Alpha Marvel

Posted by timothy on from the sequels-are-sometimes-good dept.

brejc8 writes "HP have revealed the new range of AlphaServer systems. The new EV7 processors show very reasonable performance figures. Revealed by the inquirer the 1GHz versions have very similar SPEC scores as the 1GHz Itanium 2 (INT_2000 of 875 and FP_2000 of 1,500). This is very intersting after HP were rumoured to ensure that "...no Alpha benchmark will be released until the Itanium platform(s) is/are faster"."

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  1. Re:linux? by 1lus10n · · Score: 4, Informative

    they should, all current versions of the alpha procs run linux great. (as verified by the alphaserver 5000 sitting under my desk running RH 7.2)

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  2. It's hellaciously fast by nosferatu-man · · Score: 4, Informative

    ... at least on OpenMP type applications. Cribbed shamelessly from realworldtech.com:

    SPECOMP2001 results, base/peak:

    4 cpu:
    EV7/1150: 6027/6824
    I2/1000: 3762/4091

    8 cpu:
    EV7/1150: 10349/11929
    POWER4+/1450: 9458/ 9694
    PA8700+/875: 4375/ 4541

    16 cpu:
    EV7/1150: 17724/20637
    PA8700+/875: 7763/ 8788
    R14k/600: 7265/ 7726

    Note that this is not a pure CPU test (like SpecINT/FP), but rather a test of SMP performance. Looks like the tin-foil hat "Wait 'til EV8!" brigade might have been on to something ...

    'jfb

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  3. Re:linux? by Compaq+Test+Drive · · Score: 5, Informative
    Speaking as someone who has in fact actually done it, yes, Linux will run on an EV7 Alpha system. If you'd like to try out an EV7 prototype system, we have one up in the HP Test Drive Program, where we give out free shell accounts on a wide range of hardware and operating systems. The EV7 prototype we have is running Tru64 UNIX at the moment, but we do periodically have Linux on there for people to try. We also have Itanium II systems running Linux, for anyone who would like to try them out as well.

    I may work for HP, but that does not imply that my opinions are theirs.