Lesson 5 Flashcards
is the time between two consecutive rising edges of a periodic clock signal.
Clock Cycle Time
is a true measure of processor or memory performance.
CPU Time
also called clock rate or clock speed, specifies the internal frequency of CPU cores.
Frequency
is not the only parameter that affects system performance.
Processor Frequency
Another parameter that greatly affects the performance is _________, which is how many Instructions Per Clock (IPC) the CPU can process.
CPU efficiency
total number of instructions per second formula
Frequency x IPC (Instructions Per Clock)
refers to the frequency at which the clock generator of a processor can generate pulses, which are used to synchronize the operations of its components, and is used as an indicator of the processor’s speed.
Clock Rate or Clock Speed
is an electronic oscillator that produces a clock signal for use in synchronizing a circuit’s operation.
Clock generator
SI means?
Système International
is the modern form for the metric system that is used universally as a standard for measurements.
International System of Units (SI)
The clock rate of the first generation of computers was measured in
kHz
is the total number of clock cycles required for the execution of a program.
Cycle Count (CC)
formula of Cycle Count (CC)
IC x CPI
formula of Cycle Time (CT)
1/F
formula of Execution Time
CC x CT or (IC x CPI) x 1/F
