phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) (07/30/85)
Just what is a MIP, anyway? Million Instructions Per? Perhaps you mean MIPS, as in "the VAX 780 is rated at 1 MIPS". My reference (and I am sure there are many others) is section 1.5.1 "MIPS" of "Computer Storage Systems and Technology", by Richard Matick of IBM. -- There are two kinds of people, those who lump people in groups and those who don't. Phil Ngai (408) 749-5720 UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!phil ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.ARPA
armstron@sjuvax.UUCP (L. Armstrong) (08/02/85)
> Just what is a MIP, anyway? Million Instructions Per? > Perhaps you mean MIPS, as in "the VAX 780 is rated at 1 MIPS". I just kinda' jumped into this discussion, but I have a feeling I know what you're talking about anyway. A "MIPS" can (and in fact does) refer to something more than Million Instructions Per Second", but also to a type of architecture philosphy called "Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipe(line) Stages." It is originally a Stanford project, initiated by Thomas Gross, and in a nutshell the philosphy attempts to avoid ever having to "flush" out a pipeline if (for example) a certain brach is taken, and the things currently existing in the pipeline are no longer applicable. -- NAME Len Armstrong UUCP {astrovax | bpa | burdvax | allegra }!sjuvax!armstron ORGANIZATIONS RCA Advanced Technology Labs St. Joseph's University HOME 4121 "O" st. Phila, PA 19124 PHONES (HOME) (215) 288-3758 (WORK) (609) 866-6647