Compaq top ranks new SPEC CPU2000 benchmark suite

Houston 14 Jan 00 Compaq Computer Corporation's Alpha systems, with the new Alpha EV67 processor, have achieved the top ranking in the new SPEC CPU2000 benchmark suite. The new tests confirm previous SPEC benchmark results, which also rated Compaq AlphaServer systems at the top, the company says. The Alpha EV67 processor is currently shipping in the AlphaServer GS and SC series and the AlphaStation XP1000. The new processor will be introduced into all AlphaServer systems, including the DS and ES series.

In both integer and floating point components of the SPEC CPU2000 benchmark, AlphaServer systems outperformed all other servers by up to 400 percent. In addition to faster processor speeds, the Alpha processor-based systems exploited their advantages in main memory bandwidth, large, high-speed caches, and their ability to perform well across a wide variety of test applications.

For more details on this announcement, please visit Compaq's Web site at: www.compaq.com/alphaserver/spec2000.html . For additional information on the SPEC CPU2000 benchmark, please visit www.spec.org

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