Subject: Re: K5-150 MHz
From: onno@stack.nl (Onno Hovers)
Date: 16 Dec 1996 11:58:17 GMT
okm@pacbell.net wrote:
: The AMD K5-150MHz Pentium clone is beginning to appear in stores
: here in the Silicon Valley - San Francisco Bay Area. Am interested in
: floating point benchmarks for computational fluid mechanics/finite
: element type calculations. The chip sells for about $142 at Laitron.
: Olin
The AMD and Cyrix chips are generally inferior to intel chips in
floating point performace.
The german computer magazine C'T tested the AMD PR133 and for the
basic floating point operations this chip is 30 % behind the Pentium-133
and equals a Pentium-90. For the transcedental functions (sin, tan, log)
the pentium is 2 times as fast.
The PR133 runs internally at 100MHz, but it is faster than the K5-PR100,
because the cache is better. Because the PR133 equals the Pentium-133 in
integer performance, AMD choose to call it the PR133.
AMD could even call this chip a PR150, because a Pentium-150 is not
much faster than a Pentium-133; a Pentium 150 runs on a 50 MHz external
bus, whereas a Pentium 133 runs on a 66 MHz external bus.
--
< >-> Onno Hovers (onno@stack.nl http://www.stack.nl/~onno/)
Student physics at the University of Technology Eindhoven
Subject: Re: What's in a Job Title ?
From: glenn.thomson@comdev.ca (Glenn Thomson)
Date: 16 Dec 1996 15:08:24 GMT
In article <32ACB6DB.600B@astral.magic.ca>,
"G. Shane J. Lafreniere" wrote:
>
>Nägel wrote:
>>
>> John H. wrote:
>>
Snip
>> Looking at my collage diploma (which was only a 2 year course) it
>> clearnly states "Commercial Engineer". I've been calling myself that
>> for years and nobody has gave me a hard time about it,...... yet....
>
>
>Nagel,
>
>Well, good thing you not in Ontario, Canada, or any other province for
>that matter.
>
>Within Canada, it is a provincial and federal offence to use the term
>'engineer' in your job title unless you are a licenced practioner.
>
>Canada passed the Professional Engineers Act in 1990, and along with the
>Ritual Calling of an Engineer, (if you notice a Canadian engineer with a
>battered Iron ring on their working hand...) the job title, whether
>working for a company, or on your own private business card will not
>allow you or your company to use those terms.
>
>As well, being a self-governing, self regulated (within provincial
>boundaries), there are also different levels of 'Service' or licences
>that can be obtained. These range from a Temp Licence, to a "Consulting
>Engineer" title.
>
>There is a rather lengthy, formal process to be followed to obtain a
>licence (which I'm currently doing) and be able to practice within
>Canada as a Professional Engineer.
>
> With this extra work, comes extra responsibility. All practicing
>Engineers have special Certificates and Liability insurance either at
>the personal level, or at the employer-company level.
>
>Hence, not only can a skilled person who may do a similiar job in
>Canada NOT use an Engineering title, but those who do need special
>Licences to practice.
I'd like to know what locomotive engineers and stationary engineers call
themselves in your part of Ontario, then.
Cheers,
Glenn Thomson, P. Eng.
Subject: R&D; Engineer Position (Multi-phase Porous Media Flow)
From: Tadeusz Liszka
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 13:13:18 -0600
R&D; Engineer (Multi-phase Porous Media Flow)
--------------------------------------------
Position at COMCO, Austin, TX
------------------------------
The Computational Mechanics Co., Inc. (COMCO) is in search of a suitable
software developer for reservoir simulation R&D; work. COMCO is a
high-tech R&D; company located in Austin, Tx and has engaged in
pioneering research in computational mechanics (solids, fluid,
electro-magnetism, etc.) and adaptive finite element technology for over
a dozen years. The position is aimed mainly at software development
leading to 3-phase/compositional reservoir flow simulation capabilities
using adaptive finite elements. (Also see www.comco.com)
The ideal candidate must possess a strong background in
3-phase/compositional reservoir flow simulation with adequate training
in finite element methods. Excellent coding ability (in C and FORTRAN),
teamwork, and self-motivation are necessary. The candidate must possess
a Ph.D. (or a M.S. with equivalent job experience) in a field directly
related to reservoir simulation. Hands-on experience with one or more
commercial reservoir simulator will be a strong plus.
The position is likely to become available around January-February of
1997.
Please mail your resume to:
Computational Mechanics Co., Inc.
7701 N. Lamar, Suite 200
Austin, Tx 78752
512 467 1382 (fax)
or e-mail (ascii text only, please) to:
deb@comco.com
Subject: Re: What's in a Job Title ?
From: colonel@engsoc.carleton.ca (Rob Russell)
Date: 16 Dec 1996 21:52:38 GMT
Glenn Thomson bashed its head on a keyboard, resulting in:
: I'd like to know what locomotive engineers and stationary engineers call
: themselves in your part of Ontario, then.
As in the rest of Canada, "locomotive engineers" call themselves
"hoggers." As a P.Eng with the railway, my father always went out of his
way to correct people that called them engineers by telling them it was
pronounced differently (ingin-eers or something) but they call themselves
hoggers.
Whether it is common practice or not, still doesn't make it right. The
PEO (and other organizations) should make more of an effort to dissuade
the improper use of the term "engineer."
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Carleton University x--o8o--x 2nd Year, Mech & Aero Eng.
http://wabakimi.carleton.ca/~rrussell
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