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To: Petz who wrote (50658)8/10/2001 2:06:51 PM
From: jcholewaRespond to of 275872
 
> A 2 GHz P4 does absolutely nothing on 30% of it's clock
> cycles. It is waiting for data from memory, or waiting for
> the decoder to become free, or something else. Is it ethical
> to say it's a 2 GHz P4, when it's running at 0 Hz 30% of the
> time?

Yes, since it actually runs at 2GHz while it's waiting unless the operating system specifically tells it do do something else (like IDLE).
-JC



To: Petz who wrote (50658)8/10/2001 2:11:46 PM
From: TenchusatsuRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
Petz, <A 2 GHz P4 does absolutely nothing on 30% of it's clock cycles. It is waiting for data from memory, or waiting for the decoder to become free, or something else.>

And I'm sure the Athlon is miraculously able to avoid the same sort of delays.

Tenchusatsu


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