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Power Challenge Periodic Table

October 3, 2008

Tom Kranz

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POWER CHALLENGE Periodic Table

June 18, 1996

POWER CHALLENGE XL R10000 Processor/Speed Peak GFLOPS Product Code		POWER CHALLENGE XL 2xR10000 > 0.76 Pk GFLOPS R-95802-S2-PWR	POWER CHALLENGE XL 4xR10000 > 1.52 Pk GFLOPS R-95804-S2-PWR	POWER CHALLENGE XL 6xR10000 > 2.28 Pk GFLOPS	POWER CHALLENGE XL 8xR10000 > 3.04 Pk GFLOPS R-95808-S2-PWR	POWER CHALLENGE XL 12xR10000 > 4.56 Pk GFLOPS	POWER CHALLENGE XL 16xR10000 > 6.08 Pk GFLOPS R-95816-S2-PWR	POWER CHALLENGE XL 18xR10000 > 6.84 Pk GFLOPS	POWER CHALLENGE XL 24xR10000 > 9.12 Pk GFLOPS R-95802-S2-PWR	POWER CHALLENGE XL 36xR10000 > 13.68 Pk GFLOPS R-95836-S2-PWR
POWER CHALLENGE XL R8000 Processor/Speed Peak GFLOPS Product Code DP Linpack A/B1 SPEC rate A/B2		POWER CHALLENGE XL 2xR8000/90 0.72 Pk GFLOPS R-79802-S2-1 /569 6613/18682	POWER CHALLENGE XL 4xR8000/90 1.44 Pk GFLOPS /1124 13702/37224	POWER CHALLENGE XL 6xR8000/90 2.16 Pk GFLOPS	POWER CHALLENGE XL 8xR8000/90 2.88 Pk GFLOPS /2045 25476/74037	POWER CHALLENGE XL 12xR8000/90 4.32 Pk GFLOPS	POWER CHALLENGE XL 16xR8000/90 5.76 Pk GFLOPS /3240 47131/148900	POWER CHALLENGE XL 18xR8000/90 6.48 Pk GFLOPS R-79818-S2-1
POWER CHALLENGE GR R10000 Processor/Speed Peak GFLOPS Product Code DP Linpack A/B1 SPEC rate A/B2		POWER CHALLENGE GR 2xR10000 > 0.76 Pk GFLOPS R-95802-GR-B	POWER CHALLENGE GR 4xR10000 > 1.52 Pk GFLOPS R-95804-S2-GR-B	POWER CHALLENGE GR 6xR10000 > 2.28 Pk GFLOPS	POWER CHALLENGE GR 8xR10000 > 3.04 Pk GFLOPS R-95808-S2-GR-B	POWER CHALLENGE GR 12xR10000 > 4.56 Pk GFLOPS	POWER CHALLENGE GR 16xR10000 > 6.08 Pk GFLOPS R-95816-S2-GR-B	POWER CHALLENGE GR 18xR10000 > 6.48 Pk GFLOPS	POWER CHALLENGE GR 24xR10000 > 9.12 Pk GFLOPS R-95824-S2-GR-B
POWER CHALLENGE GR R8000 Processor/Speed Peak GFLOPS Product Code DP Linpack A/B1 SPEC rate A/B2		POWER CHALLENGE GR 2xR8000/90 0.72 Pk GFLOPS /569 6613/18682^*	POWER CHALLENGE GR 4xR8000/90 1.44 Pk GFLOPS /1124 13072/37224^*	POWER CHALLENGE GR 6xR8000/90 2.16 Pk GFLOPS	POWER CHALLENGE GR 8xR8000/90 2.88 Pk GFLOPS /2045 25476/74037^*	POWER CHALLENGE GR 12xR8000/90 4.32 Pk GFLOPS
POWER CHALLENGE L R10000 Processor/Speed Peak GFLOPS Product Code DP Linpack A/B1 SPEC rate A/B2		POWER CHALLENGE L 2×10000/Speed > 0.76 Pk GFLOPS D-95602-S2-PWR	POWER CHALLENGE L 4×10000/Speed > 1.52 Pk GFLOPS D-95604-S2-PWR	POWER CHALLENGE L 6×10000/Speed > 2.28 Pk GFLOPS	POWER CHALLENGE L 8×10000/Speed > 3.04 Pk GFLOPS D-95608-S2-PWR	POWER CHALLENGE L 12×10000/Speed > 4.56 Pk GFLOPS
POWER CHALLENGE L R8000 Processor/Speed Peak GFLOPS Product Code DP Linpack A/B1 SPEC rate A/B2 SPEC int92/fp923	POWER CHALLENGE L 1xR8000/90 0.36 Pk GFLOPS D-79601-S2-1 125.6/308 3314/9373 132.2/396.1	POWER CHALLENGE L 2xR8000/90 0.72 Pk GFLOPS D-79602-S2-1 /569 6613/18682	POWER CHALLENGE L 4xR8000/90 1.44 Pk GFLOPS /1124 13072/37224	POWER CHALLENGE L 6xR8000/90 2.16 Pk GFLOPS
	1 CPU	2 CPUs	4 CPUs	6 CPUs	8 CPUs	12 CPUs	16 CPUs	18 CPUs	24 CPUs	36 CPUs

POWER CHALLENGE Processor Upgrade Options
	System	Processor Type
HU-275	L, XL	2 – R8000/75MHz
HU-275G	GR	2 – R8000/75MHz
HU-290	L, XL	2 – R8000/90MHz
HU-290G	GR	2 – R8000/90MHz
HU-295-PWR	L, GR, XL	2 – R10000
HU-495-PWR	L, GR, XL	4 – R10000

POWER CHALLENGE Memory Options
	Additional Memory	Leaves
FTO-64UP256-D1^**	64 MB	1
FTO-64UP512-D2^**	512 MB	2
FTO-64UP1GB-D2^**	1 GB	2
FTO-64UP2GB-D2^**	2 GB	2
FTO-64UP2GB-D4^**	2 GB	4
FTO-64UP2GB-D8^**	2 GB	8
FTO-64UP4GB-D8^**	4 GB	8
FTO-64UP512-4^**	512 MB	4
FTO-64UP1GB-4^**	1 GB	4
FTO-64UP2GB-8^**	2 GB	8
FTO-64UP256-2^**	256 MB	2
FTO-64UPNC^**	64 MB	1
FTO-64UP512-2^**	512 MB	2

POWER CHALLENGE Configurations
	Standard
	Base Memory	Base Disk
POWER CHALLENGE L	64 MB	2 GB
POWER CHALLENGE GR	64 MB	2 GB
POWER CHALLENGE XL	64 MB	2 GB

POWER CHALLENGE GR GRAPHICS OPTIONS
OPTION	CONFIGURATION
Extreme Graphics	EX-VCONS
Reality Engine2	HU-RE2PIPE HU-RE2PIPE-RMS
Infinite Reality	HU-IRPIPE-16-2 HU-IRPIPE-16-8 HU-IRPIPE-64-2 HU-IRPIPE-64-8

POWER CHALLENGE Viz Console
Extreme Graphics	EX_VCONS

Performance
1: DP Linpack A/B = Double Precision Linpack 100×100 (1 or N) / Double Precision Linpack 1000×1000 (1 on N) – R8000/75MHz: DP Linpack 100×100 = 105.9; 1000×1000 = 260 – R8000/75MHz: DP Linpack 100×100 = 125.6; 1000×1000 = 308
2: SPEC rate A/B = SPECrate_int92/ SPECrate_fp92 – R8000/75MHz:SPECrate_int92=2760, SPECrate_fp92=6658 – R8000/90MHz:SPECrate_int92=3314, SPECrate_fp92=9373
3: SPECint92/ SPECfp92 – R8000/75MHz: SPECint92 = 111.5, SPECfp92 = 310.8 – R8000/90MHz: SPECint92 = 132.2, SPECfp92 = 396.1
^* Rack based systems ^** Only one FTO Option for each system ordered

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