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Instructions per second

Instructions per second (IPS) is a measure of a computer's processor speed. For complex instruction set computers (CISCs), different instructions take different amounts of time, so the value measured depends on the instruction mix; even for comparing processors in the same family the IPS measurement can be problematic. Many reported IPS values have…

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related to Two flavors of VAX MIPS · 17
Instructions per second → ALGOL, Dhrystone, Dhrystone MIPS, DMIPS, Each Dhrystone MIPS, Fortran, It, Its, KDF9, MIPS, System/370, The, The VAX-11/780, The Whetstone, VAX, VAX MIPS, VAX-11/780
related to The Gibson Mix (1959) · 8
Instructions per second → Among, Before, Gibson, Gibson Mix, IBM, Jack Clark Gibson, The, Weights
related to Scaling units · 5
Instructions per second → For, MIPS, The, The IBM System/370, VAX-11/780

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Dhrystone are now generally used to estimate computer performance in commonly used applicationsinstance ofsynthetic benchmarks0.80text
and raw IPS has fallen into disuse.The term is commonly used in association with a metric prefixinstance ofsynthetic benchmarks0.80text
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Instructions per secondrelated to Scaling unitsThe0.60section
Instructions per secondrelated to Scaling unitsThe IBM System/3700.60section
Instructions per secondrelated to Scaling unitsVAX-11/7800.60section
Instructions per secondrelated to Scaling unitsMIPS0.60section
Instructions per secondrelated to The Gibson Mix (1959)Before0.60section
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Instructions per secondrelated to The Gibson Mix (1959)Gibson Mix0.60section
Instructions per secondrelated to The Gibson Mix (1959)Jack Clark Gibson0.60section
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