Solving a 16M Digit Math Problem on a 2GHz Processor

[linux kid]

On average, how long would it take a 2ghz processor to compute a string math problem that is about 16 million digits long?

 

[berkeman]

Hi linux kid,

In your recent thread about MIPS, a link was posted to a wikipedia article about processor speeds:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_instructions_per_second

Was that article of any help? Can you be a bit more specific in your question? Like, are you asking specifically about a 2GHz Pentium processor in a PC running some operating system and a C++ custom program to do some computation involving 16 million of something? More details would be helpful.

 

[ravenprp]

It is difficult to give an accurate estimate without knowing the specific mathematical operations involved in the problem. However, assuming that the processor is able to handle 16 million digits and the problem only involves basic arithmetic operations, it would take approximately 0.8 seconds for a 2GHz processor to compute the solution. This is based on the fact that a 2GHz processor can perform 2 billion operations per second, and 16 million digits would require approximately 16 million operations. However, if the problem involves more complex operations or requires multiple iterations, the time may vary significantly. Additionally, other factors such as memory usage and processing speed may also affect the overall computation time.