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  • abbreviation million instructions per second

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  • noun computing Millions of Instructions Per Second
  • noun electronics Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages

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  • noun (computer science) a unit for measuring the execution speed of a computer's CPU (but not the whole system)

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Examples

  • (NasdaqGS: MIPS) announced today that they have partnered to deliver models of MIPS® processor cores to Carbon's SoC Designer customers.

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2009

  • Nasdaq: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business applications, today announced that dozens of the world's leading electronics companies introduced and demonstrated devices and technologies based on the popular MIPS® architecture during the recent International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • Nasdaq: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business applications, today announced that dozens of the world's leading electronics companies introduced and demonstrated devices and technologies based on the popular MIPS® architecture during the recent International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • Another company called MIPS does roughly the same thing on a smaller scale.

    Microsoft's ARM-Twisting Deal 2010

  • Another company called MIPS does roughly the same thing on a smaller scale.

    Microsoft's ARM-Twisting Deal 2010

  • Another company called MIPS does roughly the same thing on a smaller scale.

    Microsoft's ARM-Twisting Deal 2010

  • The database, known as MIPS (Manatee Individual Photo-identification System), contains photos and identification notes for thousands of individual manatees, who are assigned a reference number so that their locations, new scars, health, and reproductive habits can be updated over the course of their lifetime.

    CapeCodToday Blog Chowder CCToday 2010

  • The database, known as MIPS (Manatee Individual Photo-identification System), contains photos and identification notes for thousands of individual manatees, who are assigned a reference number so that their locations, new scars, health, and reproductive habits can be updated over the course of their lifetime.

    Media Newswire media-newswire.com 2010

  • The database, known as MIPS (Manatee Individual Photo-identification System), contains photos and identification notes for thousands of individual manatees, who are assigned a reference number so that their locations, new scars, health, and reproductive habits can be updated over the course of their lifetime.

    Media Newswire media-newswire.com 2010

  • The database, known as MIPS (Manatee Individual Photo-identification System), contains photos and identification notes for thousands of individual manatees, who are assigned a reference number so that their locations, new scars, health, and reproductive habits can be updated over the course of their lifetime.

    CapeCodToday Blog Chowder CCToday 2010

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