> I ran "0 tinyBenchmarks" on the iPAQ:
> 
> '10512483 bytecodes/src; 375349 sends/src'
> 
> this compares to:
> 
> '31936127 bytecodes/sec; 1017267 sends/sec'
> 
> on a 366mhz Pentium II.  The iPAQ is roughly 1/3 the benchmark performance
> of the laptop.
Yup, that would be about right. 200MHz cpu with a whopping 16kb of cache
vs 366MHz with 156kb (?) cache is going to be around that ratio. THe
good news is
a) SA1110 is using about 0.2watts to do this aginast maybe 2w for the
pentium
b) the XScale is expected to giv ~600mips for 0.2 w and 1.6gips for 1.2w
later this year.
> 
> However, what I mean by slow is the UI that feels VERY slow and
> non-responsive.
My main machine is a 202MHz SA110 machine with slow memory and yes, it's
painful in morphic. That tiny cache... I still think there is probably a
factor of four available from morphic  if somebody could spend the time.

But isn't it wonderful that for $500 you can actually _get_ such a
machine?

tim

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