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Started by devine@cookie.de
Mon, 07 Mar 1988 19:52
MIPS, VIPS, and VUPS
Author: devine@cookie.de
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1988 19:52
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1988 19:52
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John Mashey wrote: > As I understand it, the truly correct term (from DEC itself) is VUPS. True, the internal DEC acronym is VUP. It stands for (V)AX 11/780 (U)nit of (P)rocessing. As are all single numbers used to compare different processors, a VUP is fuzzy. For example, a microVAX II is roughly equivalent in integer speed to an 11/780 but I/O throughput is less. Nevertheless, a VUP is useful because many comparisons had used an 11/780 as the informal measuring stick. Bob Devine
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