Remember TOPS
Full name: Tera Operations Per Second
Memory aid: Tera = trillion Operations Per Second.
Precision, sparsity, and counting conventions affect comparisons.
Study area: Processors & system architecture · Batch 6
Relevant study for: CompTIA A+ Core 1 220-1201 · CompTIA Server+
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TOPS — Tera Operations Per Second
Expresses a rate of a trillion counted operations per second.
Why learn TOPS — Tera Operations Per Second?
Expresses a rate of a trillion counted operations per second.
Where it came from
Precision, sparsity, and counting conventions affect comparisons.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): Tera = trillion Operations Per Second.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand TOPS: Tera Operations Per Second.
- Recall this memory aid: Tera = trillion Operations Per Second.
- Explain the practical use: Expresses a rate of a trillion counted operations per second.
- Explain this distinction: Precision, sparsity, and counting conventions affect comparisons.
- Identify TOPS in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- Intel processor documentation (www.intel.com)