FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -What Does Million Instructions Per Second (MIPS) Mean? Million Instructions per second is a measure of the execution speed of the computer. The measure approximately provides the number of machine instructions that could be executed in a second by a computer.

Detailed explanation-2: -The clock speed measures the number of cycles your CPU executes per second, measured in GHz (gigahertz). A “cycle” is technically a pulse synchronized by an internal oscillator, but for our purposes, they’re a basic unit that helps understand a CPU’s speed.

Detailed explanation-3: -The processor speed of a computer is measured in MIPS because the processor works to give instructions. MIPS stands for Million Instructions Per Second.

Detailed explanation-4: -MIPS = (Processor clock speed * Num Instructions executed per cycle)/(10^6).

Detailed explanation-5: -A common means of comparing processors is their MIPs rating. MIPS means millions of instructions per second. Unlike clock rate, MIPS provides some idea of the work actually performed. However, even MIPS is not a good indication of performance because not all instructions perform the same amount of computation.