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MIPS Last modified: Tuesday, January 06, 1998
Acronym for million instructions per second. A old measure of a computer's speed and power, MIPS measures roughly the number of machine instructions that a computer can execute in one second. However, different instructions require more or less time than others, and there is no standard method for measuring MIPS. In addition, MIPS refers only to the CPU speed, whereas real applications are generally limited by other factors, such as I/O speed. A machine with a high MIPS rating, therefore, might not run a particular application any faster than a machine with a low MIPS rating. For all these reasons, MIPS ratings are not used often anymore. In fact, some people jokingly claim that MIPS really stands for Meaningless Indicator of Performance. Despite these problems, a MIPS rating can give you a general idea of a computer's speed. The IBM PC/XT computer, for example, is rated at ¼ MIPS, while Pentium-based PCs run at over 100 MIPS.		Related Categories Performance Related Terms CPU FLOPS MFLOP SPEC TPS Printers MIPS Products Find best prices on Printers at DealTime and save money! Shop here to compare prices from 100s of merchants! Shop by Top Models: Hewlett Packard COL LJ CP4005DN LASERPR W-BLK CYAN MAGN YLW BDL Printer 12 store offers from $958 - $2025 Hewlett Packard LaserJet 9050n Plotter Printer 12 store offers from $3056 - $5387 Hewlett Packard LaserJet 9040n Printer 11 store offers from $1910 - $8905 Hewlett Packard LaserJet 4700dn Printer 9 store offers from $998 - $2725 Hewlett Packard Laserjet 5200Dtn Printer 6 store offers from $2531 - $3070
Silicon Graphics MIPS group Offers a group overview as well as information on MIPS products and tools, partners, applications, news and events, a MIPS roadmap, and MIPS RISC resource catalog.