FLOPS per Second

A FLOPS per Second is an empirical trend for the growth rate of transistor's per IC to be exponential growing (doubling every ~2 years).

• Context:
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• Example(s):
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • MIPs per Watt.
  • FLOPS per Second.
  • TPC Benchmark.
  • Moore's Law Trend.
• See: Technological Change, Integrated Circuit, IC Clockrate.

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References

2023

• (Roser et al., 2023) => Max Roser, Hannah Ritchie and Edouard Mathieu. (2023). “What is Moore’s Law?" March 28, 2023
  • Exponential growth is at the heart of the rapid increase of computing capabilities.

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