gigaflop
Processor performance measure
A gigaflop is a measure of computing speed equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.
The term benchmarks processor performance for scientific and mathematical calculations: The new supercomputer performs at 500 gigaflops.
Often abbreviated GFLOPS.
Modern consumer GPUs operate in the teraflop range—thousands of gigaflops.
Ultra-powerful computing system
- GPUVisual processing hardware
- CPUMain computing chip
- microprocessorCompact computing circuit
- graphics cardVisual processing hardware
coprocessor · accelerator · ASIC · server farm · data center · mainframe · workstation · silicon chip
Imitation of real processes
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- weather forecastingPredicting future atmospheric conditions
- climate modelingSimulating long-term atmospheric behavior
- protein foldingChain becoming functional structure
Computing performance metric
- performance evaluationAssessment of job effectiveness
- peak performanceHighest level of functioning
- rankingOrdered position assignment
supercomputer
Ultra-powerful computing system
- GPUVisual processing hardware
- CPUMain computing chip
- microprocessorCompact computing circuit
graphics card · coprocessor · accelerator · ASIC · server farm · data center · mainframe · workstation · silicon chip
simulation
Imitation of real processes
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- weather forecastingPredicting future atmospheric conditions
- climate modelingSimulating long-term atmospheric behavior
protein folding · cryptography · rendering · deep learning · genomics
Whetstone
Computing performance metric
- performance evaluationAssessment of job effectiveness
- peak performanceHighest level of functioning
- rankingOrdered position assignment
performance metric
Measurable success indicator
- order of magnitudeApproximate size class