[geeks] Yeah, the G4 is faster...

[Ken Hansen]

Please understand, I am not questioning your numbers, but I don't
understand - how can a 500 MHz CPU perform 1,400 MFLOPS?

In my understanding, an MFLOP is a Million FLoating point OPerations,
correct? If the CPU cycles through, oh, let's say 500 Million clock cycles a
second, and *if* the smallest FLoating point OPeration can be executed in
*one* clock cycle, shouldn't it max out at 500 MFLOPS?

By my back of the envelope calculation, you've got aprox 3 FLoating point
OPerations going on at the same time...

I don't get it.

BUT, I assume my understanding of what an MFLOP is is too simplistic, so I
would appreciate if someone could provide me an explaination to have these
two conflicting pieces of information make sense...

Thanks in advance,

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter L. Wargo" <pwargo at basenji.com>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>; <macweenies at machelp.org>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 1:02 AM
Subject: [geeks] Yeah, the G4 is faster...


> The G4 500 hit just under 1.7 Gigaflops.



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