Benchmarking: graphics workstations
Bruce Eric Brown, Robert L. Judd · OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 1985
This paper reports on work being performed to benchmark a new breed of machines, the graphics workstations for scientific and engineering applications. We begin with the history of workstations and how they developed. Many different forces created the graphics workstation. Scientific and engineering calculations are traditionally performed by super computers in a computing center. The graphic workstation was introduced, and this technology was added to the computing environment. The answers we need are ... what can the workstations do and when do we remove the programs or parts of programs from supercomputers and place them on worstations. Benchmarks and what they can and cannot measure are discussed in this light. The particulars about graphics benchmarks and the operating system, including windows, are reviewed, then the benchmarks we are using are described and the results are presented. Since this work is never finished, future plans are also discussed. The emphasis of our work is toward scientific and engineering workstations connected with existing mainframe computers. In the industry today we hear the term JAWS (Just Another WorkStation) when a new workstation is introduced. What does the new product do beyond those on the market. In this paper we present ways to measuremore » and tell the difference between workstations.« less