[net.arch] MIPS

metzger@heathcliff.columbia.edu (Perry Metzger) (05/21/86)

[Are you still hungry, line eater?]

Recently, a lot discussion on net.arch has focused on MIPS. Many people
unfamiliar with the term would probably like to know what a MIPS actually
measures.

MIPS stands for Meaningless Index of Processor Speed.



Perry Metzger

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"This is a meaningless quote line."

john@gcc-milo.ARPA (John Allred) (05/24/86)

In article <2472@columbia.UUCP> metzger@heathcliff.columbia.edu (Perry Metzger) writes:
>MIPS stands for Meaningless Index of Processor Speed.

or -

"Mythical Instructions Per Second"
"Marketing Instructions Per Second"
-- 
John Allred
General Computer Company 
uucp: seismo!harvard!gcc-milo!john

diamond@andromeda.RUTGERS.EDU (Robert Diamond) (05/25/86)

> >MIPS stands for Meaningless Index of Processor Speed.
> 
> "Mythical Instructions Per Second"
> "Marketing Instructions Per Second"
"My Instruction Pointer is Stuck."