Category Archives: Benchmarks in general

Anatomy of a benchmark, part II

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Bill Catchings

August 10 As we discussed last week, benchmarks (including HDXPRT 2011) are made up of a set of common major components.  Last week’s components included the Installer, User Interface (UI), and Results Viewer.  This week, we’ll look more at the … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a benchmark, part I

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Bill Catchings

August 3 Over many years of dealing with benchmarks, I’ve found that there are a few major components that HDXPRT 2011 and most others include.  Some of these components are not what you might think of as part of a … Continue reading →

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Long-lasting benchmarks

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Bill Catchings

June 29 While researching the Top500 list for last week’s blog, I ran across an interesting article (http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/09/the-ipad-in-your-hand-as-fast-as-a-supercomputer-of-yore/?ref=technology).  Its basic premise is that the iPad 2 has about the same computing power as the Cray 2 supercomputer, the world’s fastest … Continue reading →

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Knowing when to wait

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Bill Catchings

June 15 Mark mentioned in his blog entry a few weeks ago that waiting sucks.  I think we can all agree with that sentiment.  However, an experience I had while in Taipei for Computex made me reevaluate that thinking a … Continue reading →

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Computex – Taipei

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Bill Catchings

It’s hot and muggy here in Taipei. Just like home in North Carolina! Weather aside, Taipei is definitely not Raleigh. Taipei is a big city with tall buildings. Right next to the hotel is the Taipei 101 which was the … Continue reading →

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Putting HDXPRT in some benchmark context

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Mark Van Name

Benchmarks come in many shapes and sizes.  Some are extremely small, simple, and focused, while others are large, complex, and cover many aspects of a system.  To help position HDXPRT in the world of benchmarks, let me share with you … Continue reading →

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