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From: km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg)
Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks
Subject: Calculating MIPS
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Date: 16 Nov 90 13:08:15 GMT
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Exactly how do you calculate the MIPS rating of a processor? Is it derived
directly from the instruction set and cycle timings, or is it more empirical?

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