Subject: Re: [stella] Clarification please From: Paul Hart <hart@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 20:58:03 -0600 (MDT) |
On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Pete Holland wrote: > What exactly constitutes a machine cycle? One period of the processor's clock. Are you familiar with digital design and the way microprocessors work? Microprocessors are driven by an electrical signal that switches rapidly between high and low voltage levels in periodic fashion. This is the clock signal. When you buy a computer claiming to have a 450 MHz processor, the 450 MHz (megahertz) moniker signifies the rate (450 million cycles per second) at which the processor can be driven. Paul Hart -- Paul Robert Hart ><8> ><8> ><8> Verio Web Hosting, Inc. hart@xxxxxxxxxxx ><8> ><8> ><8> http://www.iserver.com/ -- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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