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/gips/ or /jips/ [Analogy with {MIPS}] Giga-Instructions per
Second (or possibly "Gillions of Instructions per Second"; see
{gillion}).

In 1991, this was used of only a handful of highly parallel
machines and one sequential processor built with {Josephson
devices}. {DEC}'s {Alpha AXP 21164} processor was the first
commercially available 1 GIPS sequential processor (7 Sep
1994). Compare {KIPS}.

["A 1-GIPS Josephson Data Processor", Yuji Hatano et al, IEEE
J Solid State Circuits, vol 26, 6, June 1991]

[{Jargon File}]

(1994-11-02)