3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  GIPS  /gips/  or  /jips/  n.  [analogy  with  {MIPS}] 
  Giga-Instructions  per  Second  (also  possibly  `Gillions  of  Instructions 
  per  Second';  see  {gillion}).  In  1991,  this  is  used  of  only  a  handful  of 
  highly  parallel  machines,  but  this  is  expected  to  change.  Compare  {KIPS}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  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 
  device}s.  {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) 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  GIPS 
  Giga  Instructions  Per  Second  (CPU) 
 
 

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