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Old 10-02-2003, 09:57 PM
Steve Lass
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Default Re: High-performance workstation

DK wrote:

>Hi,
>
>could somebody suggest hi-performance workstation I can use to compile my
>designs in a fastest possible way?
>
>I use Altera Quartus III and EP1C12Q240 device. It 90% full with most of the
>memory used. My Athlon XP 1800+ on ASUS A7V266-C motherboard with 512M of
>RAM takes 8/23 minutes to compile/fit. I did try dual Xeon 2200 on TYAN MB
>and it did only 5% faster..
>
>Did somebody try Athlon 64-bit processor?
>

No, but we tried a 64 bit Opteron and found that a 3Ghz Xeon is about
30% faster than a 1.8G Opteron.

Steve

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