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From: jason@hpcnoe.UUCP (Jason Zions)
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Subject: Re: Floating point performance & Mr. Mashey's Mythical Mhz
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Date: Sat, 18-Oct-86 18:42:29 EDT
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jlg@lanl.ARPA (Jim Giles) / 12:59 pm  Oct 15, 1986 /
> Mflops:(Millions of FLoating point OPerations per Second)
> MHz: (Millions of cycles per second)
> 
> Therefore 'Mflops per MHz':(Millions^2 FLoating point OPeration cycles per
> 			    sec^2)
> 
'Scuse me?
	Mflops per MHz

	     =	Mflops / MHz

		Millions Flop / Sec
	     =	--------------------
		Millions Hertz / Sec

	     =	Floating Point OP / Hertz

	     =	FLOP per Cycle.

In other words, how many (or few) floating point operations happen in a
single cycle. Yeah, it's gonna be small number, but not as silly a number
as your derivation shows.

> J. Giles
> Los Alamos
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