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Floating point operations per …?
by namirez 3y ago
Floating point operations per …?
- GenericDev 3y agoFloating Point Operations Per Second [1] [1] https://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/FLOPS https://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/FLOPS
- Zambyte 3y ago> One should speak in the singular of a FLOPS and not of a FLOP, although the latter is frequently encountered. The final S stands for second and does not indicate a plural. The author of this post seems to have fallen for this error.
- dataflow 3y agoI think their point was that the p stood for "per", not for the second letter of "operation".
- FabHK 3y agoFLOP = FLoating point OPeration, akin to the work that needs to be done (which could be measured in Joule) FLOPS = FLoating point Operations Per Second, akin to the power of a given machine (which could be measured in Watt = Joule per second) A task of W FLOP on a machine capable of P FLOPS will take T=W/P seconds. Or, a machine capable of executing a task of W FLOP in T seconds is capable of P=W/T FLOPS. TL;DR: 1 FLOPS = 1 FLOP/sec