yottaflop

9.9

A very large unit for measuring how many calculations a computer can do in one second

noun
/ˈjɒtəflɒp/

Specialized

: yottaflop

Achieving sustained yottaflop performance is a major milestone in high-performance computing.

That's a, you know, it's, it's exaflops, yottaflops, but you can quantify it.

Examples

The new supercomputer can achieve speeds of up to yottaflops.
Scientists predict that machines reaching yottaflop speeds will revolutionize climate modeling.
The new supercomputer can execute one yottaflop of calculations per second, setting a world record.
This processor operates at a speed of one yottaflop.
The new supercomputer is capable of performing at speeds of yottaflops, revolutionizing complex simulations.
In the race to build a quantum computer, researchers are aiming for a breakthrough with a yottaflop architecture.
Modern data centers are now pushing the limits, with some facilities reaching up to 1 yottaflop in processing power.

Synonyms

YFLOPS

vsyottaflop

Specialized

9.9

A measure of how fast a computer does math, equal to one billion billion billion operations every second

is the same unit but expressed in a different written form

How Fast

yottaflop

Specialized

9.9

zettaflop

Specialized

9.9

exaflop

Specialized

9.9

petaflop

Specialized

1 9.9

teraflop

Specialized

2 9.3

gigaflop

Specialized

1 8.2

megaflop

Specialized

7.7

Surface Forms

yottaflop singular

yottaflops plural

Morphology

yottaflop = flop (transparent) = yotta + flop

Formed by the SI prefix 'yotta-' (10^24) applied to the computing unit 'flop', so the quantity is directly derivable from its parts.

Etymology

Yottaflop joins the SI prefix yotta ('one followed by 24 zeros') and the computing term flop ('a floating-point calculation'). Like mega or giga, yotta marks a size but much bigger. So yottaflop means an enormous computer speed — that many tiny calculations every second.