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From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  GIPS
       Giga Instructions Per Second (CPU)
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:



  GIPS /gips/ or /jips/ n. [analogy with {MIPS}] Giga-Instructions per
     Second (also possibly `Gillions of Instructions per Second'; see
     {gillion}). In 1991, this is used of only a handful of highly parallel
     machines, but this is expected to change. Compare {KIPS}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  GIPS
       
          /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
          device}s.  {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)
       
       

















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