Eric Bielefeld wrote:
... The fact the IBM, when announcing new hardware, usually prints MIPS in their charts says that it is still a valid number.
Which charts? A web URL would be helpful.
I'm not saying it is best, or that there isn't problems with MIPS, but the MIPS numbers still make more sense to me than any other indicators.
MSU values are reported by the hardware. MIPS values aren't. That single difference makes MIPS inherently less useful than MSU -- all other things being equal. See:
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