gigaflops

[gig-uh-flops, jig‑]

noun

1. a measure of computer speed, equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gigaflops¹

First recorded in 1985–90; giga- ( def. ) + flops

Example Sentences

It relies on a combined use of a new generation of low-noise, fast-frame cameras and high-performance processors capable of executing hundreds of gigaflops.

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A desktop computer runs at gigaflops.

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A desktop computer runs at gigaflops.

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Movidius says it delivers more than 100 gigaflops of performance, and can natively run neural networks built using the Caffe framework.

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Some people would argue that this card doesn’t particularly live up to the Titan Titan name due to having only 200 Gigaflops of double precision compute capability.

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