Gigaflops are measures of computer speed. FLOPS, which is technically either a singular or plural term, is used especially in fields of scientific floating point calculations. Floating point is a computer term that refers to a system for numerical representation where a string of digits stands for a rational number.
It "floats" in the sense that it can be placed anywhere relative to the significant digits in the number. Floating points are used in codes to handle long numbers easily. With those extensions, it's possible to perform multiple floating-point operations within a single instruction.
For example, a typical fused multiply-accumulate FMAC operation can perform two floating-point operations at once. For a single core, this can be expressed as. From WikiChip. Categories : floating point computer performance. This page was last modified on 19 September , at Privacy policy About WikiChip Disclaimers. Core Penryn Nehalem. We strive for simplicity and accuracy with every definition we publish. If you have feedback about the Gigaflops definition or would like to suggest a new technical term, please contact us.
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