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The gigahertz (GHz) is the largest unit used to represent CPU clock speed.
The fastest frequency ever reached was 8.429 GHz, set by the FX-8150 in September of 2011. A more recent claim has been made of 8.805GHz on the same processor, but it has not been officially validated yet.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe fastest currently is GHz, or Gigahertz.
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What does it mean when a computer has a speed of 2.5ghz?
That's the speed the clock inside the Central Processor Unit operates. The faster the clock - the more operations per second the computer can perform.
What is clock speed what is the unit of measure of clock speed computer science?
A clock cycle is the low-hi-low transition of the clock. On each transition, the processor executes an instruction. It determines the speed if execution. So the faster the clock runs, the faster the chip works. This is why a Pentium 1 GHz chip is a LOT faster than a Pentium 100 MHz chip. Its unit is in Hz (or s-1) because it is a factor of frequency...
How is the CPU speed measured an expression?
speed of a processor is measured by CMU(Clock Multiplier Unit). Formula:(speed of processor in Hz)/(FSB of processor)= CMU
Which is fastest unit trains intermodal trains or manifest trains?
Its not the speed over the roadbed that counts (all 3 are about the same) but the fact that unit trains do not need to be classified at each intermediary yard that makes them the "fastest".
How is a CPU's performance measured 2 ways?
A CPU's performance usually is determined by its clock speed (separated into two values: a multiplier, and a base clock), number of cores, and what most average people don't take into account, is instructions per clock cycle. A base clock is the base unit of speed that the clock runs at. Typically it's at 100MHz. This value is multiplied by the multiplier to get the total clock speed (A CPU running at a clock speed of 3.4GHz will have a multiplier of 34 [34*100 = 3400MHz = 3.4GHz])
What is CPU speed for ProMos Technologies 1GB part?
Isn't ProMos a RAM vendor? If this is the case, I believe ProMos shipped their 1GB part at PC-DDR2 5200, or 667MHz for the clock frequency of the RAM itself. The processing unit built into the ram probably doesn't have a discernible clock speed, or it is synced with the RAM's clock speed.
How do pipelining and the system clock affect processing speed?
With pipelining, the CPU begins executing a second instruction before the first instruction is completed. Pipelining results in faster processing because the CPU does not have to wait for one instruction to complete the machine cycle. The system clock is a small chip that the control unit relies on to synchronize computer operations. The faster the clock, the more instructions the CPU can execute per second. The speed at which a processor executes instructions is called clock speed. Clock speed is measured in megahertz (MHz), which equates to one million ticks of the system clock.
What are the advantages of increasing processor speed?
Clock speed is measured in the unit of hertz. The higher amount of hertz the faster the system will perform. The clock speed is the rate at which the processor recognizes inputs, therefore faster clock speed leads to faster performance.
What is the porpose of the central processing unit and system clock?
the CPU is the brains of the computer, the clock gives it a pace to set speed to the CPU processes all the artimetic, floating point etc. operations done by the computer
What is the pace of a system clock on a computer measured by?
The unit of measurement used to measure a computerâ??s clock speed is called a hertz, A computerâ??s clock speed is normally measured in megahertz or gigahertz. A megahertz is one million ticks per second and one gigahertz is one billion ticks per second.
What is the unit of the slope of the speed-time graph?
The slope represents acceleration. Assuming standard SI units (if the speed is in meters/second, and the time in seconds), the slope would represent meters/second2.
What is a radar gun?
A radar gun or speed gun is a device used to measure the speed of different objects. It might by a traffic officer to clock a vehicle's speed. Or perhaps a TV network is using it to clock a baseball pitcher's fast ball. The applications vary, but the unit works by applying the Doppler effect to discover how fast something is going. Basically, the unit sends out a signal and looks at the return signal. It compares the frequency of the returned signal to the transmitted one, and the difference can be "converted" into a speed.
