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clock speed
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clock speed
The internal heartbeat of a computer, also known as "clock rate." The clock circuit uses fixed vibrations generated from a quartz crystal to deliver a steady stream of pulses to the CPU. See clock and MHz.
clock speed [′kläk ‚spēd]
(electronics)

clock speed - clock rate


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Responding to an audience question about how Magny-Cours, with two chips, will use the same power as one Istanbul chip, Conway said that AMD is reducing the clock speeds of the Magny-Cours and added that power management features are being added.
lt;p>Responding to an audience question about how Magny-Cours, with two chips, will use the same power as one Istanbul chip, Conway said that AMD is reducing the clock speeds of the Magny-Cours and added that power management features are being added.
Since this particular machine is also a bit cheaper, system memory is dropped from 1GB to 512MB, Microsoft''s Windows Vista is downgraded from Home Premium to Home Basic and of course, the obvious difference in clock speeds, and therefore, performance difference between the two systems is present as wel "Dell''s latest range of home user PCs are better looking than ever and for the basic models, they''re still as cheap as chips.
 
 
 
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