Happiness is a cool computer Nov 18, 2009
Over-heating can mean disaster for your PC. Here's how to avoid it. Most computers run hot because heat is a by-product of all the activity that turns 1s and 0s into something we can actually use. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Intel Unveils Plans for Six-Core Nehalem-EX Nov 18, 2009
Intel's roadmap has always listed the EX as an eight-core machine, but the chipmaker is now planning a six-core processor as well, which will run at a higher clock speed than the eight-core processor, though it has not said how fast the eight-core chips will be. Intel did not give any further details on the new processor except to say it would ship in the first half of 2010, along with the eight-core version, and allow for systems with up to 256 processors. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Motorola Droid vs. Apple iPhone 3GS: finally, a contender? Oct 29, 2009
The Motorola spec sheet doesn't mention clock speed, but says it's adjustable from 600MHz to over 1GHz. The Cortex-A8 was introduced earlier this year, designed as a very high-performance chip that can use less than 300mW of power. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Tech Know: Big chill Oct 2, 2009
It is known as "overclocking" because every chip has a clock speed, measured in gigahertz (Ghz) or megahertz (Mhz), which describes how fast it completes a basic operation. A chip with a clock speed of one gigahertz completes one billion "ticks" per second ... Clock speed is a crude measure of the overall number crunching ability of a PC, but is accepted as shorthand for the horsepower a chip can muster. (BBC News -- Technology)
Intel Prefers Fiber Optics Over Cables Sep 25, 2009
The processors come with Turbo Boost, a technology that cranks up the clock speed when fewer cores are in use. The 920Mx runs normally at 2. (Datamation)
The Top Nettop? Sep 16, 2009
It's still no screamer (the clock speed is the same 1. 6GHz), but the doubled Atom and quadrupled RAM and hard disk make the 2DU a much better candidate for Windows Vista Home Premium (and presumably Windows 7 after October 22). (HardwareCentral)
The Mind's Eye Scans Like A Spotlight: New Role Discovered For Brain Waves Aug 19, 2009
In separate studies outside MIT, researchers are looking at the correlation between the brain waves' "clock speed" in humans and the speed at which subjects shift attention from one task to another. This work is supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. (Science Daily)
Snooping through the power socket Jul 14, 2009
Even better, said the researchers, data travels along PS/2 cables one bit at a time and uses a clock speed far lower than any other PC component. Both these qualities make it easy to pick out voltage changes caused by key presses. (BBC News -- Technology)
Processors play it cool Apr 28, 2009
No one seems to care too much about the clock speed on the processor, as they don't need too much grunt from a portable companion. As long as the performance isn't sluggish, they mainly care about how hot it runs and many hours it will run between charges. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Who is inside the Kindle 2? Apr 28, 2009
The Freescale processor is based on an ARM11 microcontroller core, which runs at a clock speed of 532-MHz. Freescale also contributed its MC13783VK5 audio circuit and power-management IC.. (EETimes)
Frost & Sullivan Finds that the Southeast Asian Microcontrollers Market is Set to Grow Steadily Apr 6, 2009
SINGAPORE, April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The popular perception that the microcontroller unit (MCU) that offers the fastest clock speed at the most advanced process node is the future of the Southeast Asian microcontroller market has been deflated by many participants in the electronics industry. The presence of newer applications in markets such as medical electronics, automotive, and consumer electronics, which require MCUs that offer low-cost solutions and deliver on performance, functionality, and... (PR Newswire)
Apple Hints at Launch of Nehalem-based Xserve Apr 3, 2009
Details about the server operating system that will ship with these new servers are scarce, but it could possibly have hooks to crank down the clock speed as it executes tasks in parallel, McCarron said. Intel allows reduction in clock speed through the Turbo Mode feature that can crank down chip clock speed to save power. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
OnLive games service 'will work' Apr 2, 2009
Mr Perlman said the chip was "high performance for video compression", running at less than 100Mhz clock speed and drawing about two watts of power. "We can make millions of these things. Because of the economy there is plenty of excess capacity in fabrication plants.". (BBC News -- Technology)
MIT: New material could lead to faster chips Mar 24, 2009
The MIT researchers built an experimental graphene chip known as a frequency multiplier, meaning it is capable of taking an incoming electrical signal of a certain frequency for example, the clock speed that determines how fast a computer chip can carry out its computations and producing an output signal that is a multiple of that frequency. In this case, the MIT graphene chip can double the frequency of an electromagnetic signal. (EurekAlert!)
Multicore chips pose next big challenge for industry Mar 21, 2009
But in recent years, Intel and AMD have been adding cores as a more power-efficient way to boost chip performance, a marked change from their traditional practice of increasing clock speed. Intel is building eight cores into its upcoming Nehalem-EX chips, and AMD is designing 12-core chips for servers. (InfoWorld)
Butte's supercomputer Mar 8, 2009
The following definition is pulled from the Indiana University technology services Web site: "A teraflop is one trillion floating point operations per second. This measure of compute capacity describes how many multiplications can be performed within one second. Computer vendors and computer resource providers typically list the computing performance of their systems in terms of the number of gigaflops (billion floating point operations per second) or teraflops achieved on standard benchmark... (Montana Standard, MT)
Platform Trends: AMD's Six-Core Comeback? Mar 3, 2009
And if AMD hits its new roadmap dates, we can look forward to a legion of new processor introductions in all shapes, sizes, and clock speeds ... Of course, there will likely be concessions in clock speed in order to hit thermal and power-consumption goals, but in a highly multithreaded server environment, additional cores are still the best path to performance ... As for the Phenom II, the next step in its evolution will be higher clock speeds for the AM3 models. (HardwareCentral)
Brit chip shop launches new processor Feb 24, 2009
Does the writer mean 85 uW per MHz clock speed - so a 1 GHz part would draw 85 mW. Does the writer not know what he is saying. (Inquirer)
Platform Trends: AM3 At Last Feb 22, 2009
The Phenom II model number system has been tweaked to identify not only the clock speed but core architecture. The Phenom II 700 and 900 series are standard triple- and quad-core models with a full 6MB of shared Level 3 cache, while the X4 800 series cuts the L3 cache to 4MB. The second and third digits in the model number denote the clock speed rating ... 8GHz clock speed with a highly overclockable core and a very attractive $125 street price. (HardwareCentral)
Stress reaction Feb 22, 2009
He plays fast, no matter what the clock speed. Crabtree is still an elite player who just might be the next Fitzgerald, only a smaller version at 6-feet-1 3/8. (CBS News)
Multicore Processors: How long will the pain last? Feb 21, 2009
Many applications aren't able to take full advantage of the current CPU clock speeds as their performances are dictated by memory latency (for example, programs that spend most of their time chasing linked lists) ... Also, keeping a relatively stable clock speed has had a positive affect on CPU power consumption. (SecurityPipeline)
Platform Trends: Intel's Mainstream Mobile Core 2 Quad Feb 8, 2009
The obvious remedy is to reduce clock speeds, which Intel has done by dropping the Core 2 Quad Mobile Q9000 to 2 ... You're right -- who would be willing to pay more than double the new CPU's price for only a 13 percent boost in clock speed. (HardwareCentral)
Platform Trends: AMD's Phenom-enal New Athlon Feb 8, 2009
The first sign that we're not dealing with a traditional Athlon 64 X2 is the product name (which loses the "64") and the lower clock speed ... 7GHz clock speed with a fully unlocked multiplier for avid overclockers ... Power users will almost certainly stick with a triple- or quad-core Phenom, or wait for the upcoming Phenom II. The loss of physical cores cuts multithreading performance quite noticeably; regardless of clock speed, tasks such as audio or video encoding will be significantly... (HardwareCentral)
Platform Trends: The GeForce GTX Gets a Facelift Feb 8, 2009
But a quick peek at the clock speeds shows that the move to 55nm was not a cure-all ... The onboard memory is the same 1GB of GDDR3, but its clock speed has climbed 135MHz (to 1242MHz) for an extra 17. (HardwareCentral)
Tons To See in 2- and 3-D: Report From CES 2009 Feb 8, 2009
A company public relations manager told us that testers have cranked up the model 940's clock speed by 30 percent on just air cooling and reached an incredible 6. 4GHz with liquid nitrogen cooling. (HardwareCentral)
Mini Mobile PCs: Now Comes the Hard Part Feb 8, 2009
5 watts) single-core CPU with 512K of Level 2 cache and a clock speed of 1. 6GHz. (HardwareCentral)
Rumor: The Sony switch to Intel's Larrabee chip Feb 8, 2009
juggerNautPowerPc Proccessers defininetly can computem more at a lower clock speed than x86. Too bad they get soo hot. (CNET News)
Corsair launches new Dominator GT line of DDR3 RAM Feb 7, 2009
99 depending on clock speed. Related Stories. (TechSpot)
