The speed of a computer processor can be expressed in the unit FLOPS, or floating point operations per second. One billion FLOPS is called GFLOPS or gigaFLOPS. A FLOPS calculation is a measure of the number-crunching capability of the processor. LINPACK is one of the standard benchmarks for measuring processor speed using FLOPS. A high FLOPS rating for a processor is important in supercomputers, for scientific applications and in robotics, where a large number of floating-point operations need to be done quickly. Tips Warnings Writer Bio
