memory throughput calcs wrong

[MrWizard6600]

your calculating the memory throughput as 1000MB/GB, its not, its 1024MB/GB. and 1024kilos/mega etc etc....

nit picking ftl, but we need to in order to get this site perfect!

1024^3 =/ 1000^3, by noticeable margine... this really does change things a fair whack.

[wyz135]

actually sometimes it's 1024 so it's easier for people to calculate by estimating their values to prevent confusion. Like 512 X 2, and in Computing the people always estimate, you think they will bother to write out the actual value, like 1.024GB or 1024MB? In Computing nothing is Completely accurate. Like a processor, it stats 2GHz (For Example), it's actual value may be 1998241234 Hz and may sometimes increase and decrease. People always estimate the actual Computer performance to prevent confusion

[Radiator]

It's 1024 because it's a multiplication of the number two ( like 2x2x2x2 and so on.. ) . 1 GB is 1024MB , not 1.024 GB .

[wyz135]

the actual is 1GB is 1000MB or 1,000,000KB (The real meaning of giga is 1000 X mega), stating 1024MB as 1GB is all estimated, you think anybody will be bothered to write 1.024GB? Like I said, in Computer nobody can give a 100% accurate Computer calculation even the manufacturer

[Radiator]

the actual is 1GB is 1000MB or 1,000,000KB (The real meaning of giga is 1000 X mega), stating 1024MB as 1GB is all estimated, you think anybody will be bothered to write 1.024GB? Like I said, in Computer nobody can give a 100% accurate Computer calculation even the manufacturer

1 GB IS 1024 MB , not 1000MB , FYI .
It's not 1000 , because 1000 can't be calculated by multiplying twos with twos ( sorry , my english is too limited to explain this exactly ) .

[-RK]

2x2=4, 4x2=8, 8x2=16, 16x2=32, etc. up 'til 512x2=1024

A gigabyte is not 1000 MB nor is it supposed to be. The number 1024 is intentional.

This applies to bytes-kilobytes, kilobytes-megabytes, megabytes-gigabytes, and even gigabytes-terabytes.

This sequence also applies to other areas of computing. You don't see many 47 bit CPUs around now do you?;)