COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
CPU ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION
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Question
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What is clock speed measured in?
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Cycles per minute
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Cycles per second
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Cycles per hour
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The clock speed measures the number of cycles your CPU executes per second, measured in GHz (gigahertz). In this case, a “cycle” is the basic unit that measures a CPU’s speed. During each cycle, billions of transistors within the processor open and close .
Detailed explanation-2: -A clock cycle is a single period of an oscillating clock signal. Clock speed, rate, and frequency are used to describe the same thing: the number of clock cycles per second, measured in Hertz (Hz).
Detailed explanation-3: -Since the clock speed as rated at around 3.8GHz, for all cores at once, there are 3.8 billion clock cycles every second.
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