Mechanics of gelation distinction between a sol (solution) and a gel therefore appears to be understood in a manner analogous to the practical distinction between the elastic and plastic deformation ranges of a metal. The distinction lies in the ability to respond to an applied shear force via macroscopic viscous flow. In a dynamic sense, the response of a gel to an alternating force (oscillation or vibration) will depend upon the period or frequency of vibration. As indicated here, even most simple liquids will exhibit some elastic response at shear rates or frequencies exceeding 5 x 10 cycles per second. Experiments on such
Cycles per instruction the number of clock cycles it takes to execute an instruction is 1/2 (CPI = 1/2 < 1). For the multi-cycle MIPS, there are five types of instructions: If a program has: then, the CPI is: formula_6 A 400-MHz processor was used to execute a benchmark program with the following instruction mix and clock cycle count: Determine the effective CPI, MIPS (Millions of instructions per second)rate, and execution time for this program. formula_7 formula_8 since: formula_9 and formula_10 formula_11 Therefore: formula_12 Cycles per instruction In computer architecture, cycles per instruction (aka clock cycles per instruction, clocks per instruction, or CPI)