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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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