What is Floating-Point Performance?

Floating-point operations per second, or FLOPS, is a performance metric you see on certain processors, notably GPUs. But what the heck does "floating-point" mean and why is it important? Try Tunnelbear for free, no credit card required, at https://www.tunnelbear.com/Linus Techquickie Merch Store: https://www.designbyhumans.com/shop/LinusTechTips/ Techquickie Movie Poster: https://shop.crowdmade.com/collections/linustechtips/products/tech-quickie-24x36-poster Follow: http://twitter.com/linustec