gips

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gips - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  GIPS
  
     /gips/ or /jips/ [Analogy with MIPS] Giga-Instructions per
     Second (or possibly "Gillions of Instructions per Second"; see
     gillion).
  
     In 1991, this was used of only a handful of highly parallel
     machines and one sequential processor built with Josephson devices
     .  DEC's Alpha AXP 21164 processor was the first
     commercially available 1 GIPS sequential processor (7 Sep
     1994).  Compare KIPS.
  
     ["A 1-GIPS Josephson Data Processor", Yuji Hatano et al, IEEE
     J Solid State Circuits, vol 26, 6, June 1991]
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1994-11-02)
  

gips - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  GIPS
   /gips/, /jips/, n.
  
     [analogy with MIPS] Giga-Instructions per Second (also possibly
     `Gillions of Instructions per Second'; see gillion). Compare
  KIPS.
  

gips - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  GIPS
         Giga Instructions Per Second (CPU)