Dhrystone

English

Etymology

A pun combining Whetstone +‎ drystone.

Proper noun

Dhrystone

1. (computing) A microprocessor benchmark measuring primarily fixed-point arithmetic performance.

   Coordinate term: Whetstone

Noun

Dhrystone (plural Dhrystones)

1. (computing) A measure of the Dhrystone benchmark, calibrated to some reference architecture.
   • 1991 April, Byte‎^[1], volume 16, →ISSN:

     While the average Dhrystones per task decline rapidly after five, the total number of Dhrystones increases until the number of tasks […]

   • 2001, Arnold S. Berger, Embedded Systems Design: An Introduction to Processes, Tools, and Techniques, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 27:

     Because a VAX 11/70 could execute 1,757 loops through the Dhrystone benchmark in 1 second, 1,757 loops became 1 Dhrystone.

Derived terms

• DMIPS