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AMD clocks in with higher CPU speeds, leaves architecture untouched

New chips same as the old chips AMD kicked off CES on Monday by unveiling a slew of desktop and mobile processors aimed at ...
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It's not just clock speed: Here's what makes one CPU better than another

When you're comparing two of the best CPUs, the first spec that comes to mind is clock speed. It quite literally represents how fast the CPU can churn through clock cycles, and naturally, you'd assume ...
Electronic Design

Mobile Processor Crosses 3 GHz CPU Clock Speed Mark

Qualcomm is trying to tighten its grip on the high end of the smartphone market with a new top-end processor promising 10% more performance than its predecessor, offering clock speeds of over 3 GHz ...
Semiconductor Engineering

The Design Challenges Of Clock Integrity And Clock Jitter

Races, missed next-state values due to long paths, and metastability can result from corrupted clock signals. This post describes the challenges of clock network and clock jitter analysis in more ...
Electronic Design

Digital ICs/DSP: 64-Bit MIPS-Compatible CPU Clocks At Up To 666 MHz

Top clock speeds of 533 to 666 MHz are possible with the TX9956CXBG, the company's first standard 64-bit processor to employ the TX99/H4 CPU core. The CPU can ...