MFLOP
- noun
- /ˈɛmˌflɒp/
- Specialized
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MFLOP
- Suppose the MFLOP rate were constant at each level; then the computation time would follow a geometric series with ratio r = 1/4.
- MFLOP rate
- MFLOP performance
Examples
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This is because both of these routines perform no arithmetic work and thus only serve to reduce the MFLOP rate.
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As the problem size falls below NB and approaches 1, the MFLOP rate drops off drastically.
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GRAPH: Figure 12; MFLOP performance versus matrix order of five algorithms for LU factorization.
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GRAPH: Figure 14; MFLOP performance versus matrix order of four algorithms for Cholesky factorization.
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GRAPH: Figure 13; MFLOP performance versus matrix order of four algorithms for Cholesky factorization.
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However, the MFLOP rate of a square level-3 BLAS is only "constant" when the problem size becomes larger than a block size NB, which depends on architecture considerations 10.
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The new supercomputer achieved a performance of over 100 petaflops, translating to more than 100 million operations per second, which far exceeds the previous peak of 5 million MFLOPS.
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To compare computing performance, experts often evaluate systems based on their MFLOPS ratings during benchmark tests.
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Calculating the MFLOP rate helps engineers assess the efficiency of algorithms in processing large datasets.
Synonyms
A measure of computer speed equal to one million calculations in one second
A measure of how fast a computer does one million math calculations each second
How Fast
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Surface Forms
Morphology
MFLOP = M + F + L + O + P
MFLOP is an initialism whose letters stand for a multiword technical phrase; the letters themselves do not transparently yield the meaning to an average learner.
Etymology
The word MFLOP is a short form made from M meaning 'million' and FLOP short for 'floating point operation', which is a computer 'math step' with numbers that have decimals. One MFLOP means one million such steps each second, so the word shows how fast a computer can do math.
