matthews@umd5.umd.edu (Mike Matthews) (11/14/90)
Thanks for all those who replied... Essentially, two things to say about it, for anybody else who is curious: 1) When one says MIPS, one might mean RMIPS, *relative* MIPS, so the MIPS rating does have some meaningful relationships within itself. 2) MIPS is a benchmark and should be treated as such. :-) Total system throughput is what counts (I knew this already, but thought I'd empha- size anyway). -- "The shortest distance between two points is under construction." - UMCP motto Mike Matthews (matthews@umd5.umd.edu, bitnet matthews@umdd)