GIPS
/gips/ or /jips/ [Analogy with MIPS] Giga-Instructions per Second (or possibly
"Gillions of Instructions per Second"; see gillion).
In 1991, this was used of only a handful of highly parallel machines and one
sequential processor built with Josephson devices. DEC's Alpha AXP 21164
processor was the first commercially available 1 GIPS sequential processor (7
Sep 1994). Compare KIPS.
["A 1-GIPS Josephson Data Processor", Yuji Hatano et al, IEEE J Solid State
Circuits, vol 26, 6, June 1991]
[Jargon File]
(1994-11-02)
Nearby terms:
GINA « Ginger « GIP « GIPS » GIRL » GIS » GKS
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