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timing loop

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timing loop [′tīm·iŋ ‚lüp]
(computer science)
A set of instructions in a computer program whose execution time is known and whose only function is to cause a delay in processing by causing the loop to be executed an appropriate number of times.


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There appears to have been some disagreement over where the fault lay, with AMD insisting that it was caused by a software timing loop sensitive to processor frequency, and was not a processor error.
The new ITR scheme also allows fast portability and easy debugging of the timing loop algorithm - the most critical loop in a hard disk drive data recovery path.
AMD, which says it has known about the problem for the last three months, claims that it is an incompatibility rather than a bug in the processor, and blames the problem on a software timing loop within the operating system.
 
 
 
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