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- Path: sparky!uunet!auspex-gw!guy
- From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris)
- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Subject: Re: MIPS and MHz
- Keywords: RISC, MIPS, cps
- Message-ID: <15473@auspex-gw.auspex.com>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 01:13:18 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.183424.29331@boole.uucp>
- Sender: news@auspex-gw.auspex.com
- Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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- >How can a non-superscalar implementation at 50MHz run 59.1 MIPS?
-
- Remember, MIPS, when used to describe how fast a processor runs, stands
- for Meaningless Indicator of Processor Speed. It does *not* necessarily
- mean Millions of Instructions Per Second.
-
- "59.1 MIPS" could mean that the machine in question ran some particular
- benchmark 59.1 times faster than some VAX-11/780 did, at some point in
- the distant past.
-
- I.e., don't worry about it, just ignore all performance numbers given as
- "n MIPS".
-