[comp.sys.next] MIPS/RMIPS/etc.

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).

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