11 May
2010
11 May
'10
1:42 p.m.
On 05/10/2010 11:43 AM, Tony Duell wrote:
Sure...
So I ask again. What clock signal is this 2GHz
refering to?
The x86 processors from Intel and AMD contain an internal PLL which
multiplies the external clock to produce an internal clock for the
processor pipeline. Most of the CPU core is running on that core clock. (In the case of the Pentium 4 and derived
processors, some of it
actually operates at twice the core clock.) Instructions take a
How do I know this 'core clock' actually exists? The more I hear about
it, the more I think the whole thing is somewhat bogus!
-tony