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From: PRINS@HLERUL5.BITNET (R. Prins - Network Mgr. [DEC Sites] RU Leiden)
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Subject: About MIPSs
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Date: Thu, 15-Oct-87 11:56:00 EDT
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Nowadays you often hear things like 'this microcomputer has so and so many
times the power of a VAX 780'. Maybe this is right for processor power but
not so for overall system performance. You also have to consider for example
I/O performance. A VAX 780 with a Unibus and fast 450Mb Winchesters therefore
still outperforms current micro's many times.

So i stick with this definition of MIPs:

MIPS = Meaningless Information Provided By Salesmen.

                                Greetings, R. Prins