WBJECA 2025 — Computer PYQ

In the context of computer architecture, the speed of a processor is commonly measured by how many operations it can perform in a given amount of time. Both MIPS and FLOPS are standard units for this purpose, though they measure different types of performance.

• MIPS (Millions of Instructions Per Second): This measures how many integer instructions a processor can execute in one second. It is a traditional metric for general-purpose computing performance.

  • Formula: $MIPS=\frac{\text{Instruction count}}{\text{Execution time}\times 10^6}$

• FLOPS (Floating Point Operations Per Second): This is the standard unit for measuring the performance of supercomputers and high-performance processors, especially for scientific calculations involving real numbers.

  • Formula: $FLOPS=\frac{\text{Floating point operations}}{\text{Execution time}}$