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  2. Computer performance by orders of magnitude - Wikipedia

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    170×10 12: Nvidia DGX-1 The initial Pascal based DGX-1 delivered 170 teraflops of half precision processing. [6] 478.2×10 12 IBM BlueGene/L 2007 Supercomputer; 960×10 12 Nvidia DGX-1 The Volta-based upgrade increased calculation power of Nvidia DGX-1 to 960 teraflops. [7]

  3. Microprocessor chronology - Wikipedia

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    The 8086-based IBM PC, launched in 1981, started the move to 16-bit, but was soon passed by the 68000-based 16/32-bit Macintosh, then the Atari ST and Amiga. IBM PC compatibles moved to 32-bit with the introduction of the Intel 80386 in late 1985, although 386-based systems were considerably expensive at the time.

  4. Instructions per second - Wikipedia

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    Instructions per second (IPS) is a measure of a computer's processor speed. For complex instruction set computers (CISCs), different instructions take different amounts of time, so the value measured depends on the instruction mix; even for comparing processors in the same family the IPS measurement can be problematic.

  5. Floating point operations per second - Wikipedia

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    That's why MIPS as a performance benchmark is adequate when a computer is used in database queries, word processing, spreadsheets, or to run multiple virtual operating systems. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 1974 David Kuck coined the terms flops and megaflops for the description of supercomputer performance of the day by the number of floating-point ...

  6. Computer performance - Wikipedia

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    Outside of specific contexts, computer performance is estimated in terms of accuracy, efficiency and speed of executing computer program instructions. When it comes to high computer performance, one or more of the following factors might be involved: Short response time for a given piece of work. High throughput (rate of processing work tasks).

  7. List of fastest computers - Wikipedia

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    Year Country of site Site Vendor / builder Computer Performance R; 1938 Germany Personal research and development Berlin, Germany : Konrad Zuse: Z1: 1.00 IPS [1]1940 Z2: 1.25

  8. Processing speed - Wikipedia

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    Processing speed may refer to Cognitive processing speed; Instructions per second, a measure of a computer's processing speed; Clock speed, also known as processor speed

  9. Clock rate - Wikipedia

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    For example, an IBM PC with an Intel 80486 CPU running at 50 MHz will be about twice as fast (internally only) as one with the same CPU and memory running at 25 MHz, while the same will not be true for MIPS R4000 running at the same clock rate as the two are different processors that implement different architectures and microarchitectures ...