To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
Cc: kapieckiel AT harding DOT edu, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: flops...
Message-ID: <19970207.174431.4511.0.fwec@juno.com>
References: <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 970207124923 DOT 7639F-100000 AT is>
From: fwec AT juno DOT com (Mark T Logan)
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 17:37:52 EST


On Fri, 7 Feb 1997 13:09:05 +0200 (IST) Eli Zaretskii
<eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> writes:
>
>On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, Mr. Fuju wrote:
>
>> When designers measure computer speed, they measure it in flops...
>> mega-flops, tera-flops, etcs.   What program do they use to come up 
>with
>> those numbers?  Could someone here write something that is 
>comperable?
>
>A flop is a floating-point multiplication followed by a floating-point 
>
>addition:
>
>	double a, b, c;
>	double d = a * b + c;
>
>Speed is measured in flops (or mega-flops, or tera-flops) PER SECOND, 
>not 
>in flops.

Actually, I think FLOPS stands for  (FL)oating (O)perations (P)er
(S)econd.
There is no need to say flops per second.

If I'm wrong, don't flame me.  I'm not 100% sure of this.

-Fwec