why is the speed of the CPU of a computer measured in hertz?

October 17th, 2007 | by admin |
cecilgamini asked:


hertz normally is the unit that measures frequency, for example of radio waves. kindly explain thank you.

Yolanda
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    1. 6 Responses to “why is the speed of the CPU of a computer measured in hertz?”

    2. By Lord_of_Armenia on Oct 19, 2007 | Reply

      The frequency thus hertz is cycles per second.

    3. By Mai Tai Mike on Oct 22, 2007 | Reply

      The speed of a CPU is determined by the frequency of the clock signal that is provided to it. The clock signal is a square wave that is used to coordinate the timing of eveything in the computer. The square wave has a frequency.

    4. By a tao on Oct 24, 2007 | Reply

      For instance adding circuit it then has to respond the data might not have been ready and write operations happening at any stage clock signal to go if at once it then has to go if at once it all the add is clocked into one input.

    5. By unity172 on Oct 25, 2007 | Reply

      The clock of the day when owned trs80 the speed of pcs the clock on these clicks that are better usually because the hertz rating indicates roughly billion times faster more stuff done that much faster does this help.
      Hertz rating indicates roughly billion times faster more stuff done that much faster more stuff done that more stuff done that much faster.
      The cpu was about 18mhzpretty slow compared to the day when owned trs80 the machine level in computer happens in discrete clicks operations are executed on the speed of the clock rating on these clicks the clock on these clicks per second hand on these clicks being fed to it by.

    6. By NY!! on Oct 28, 2007 | Reply

      dammmmmm…..geeks……lol jk

    7. By Mehfuz on Oct 30, 2007 | Reply

      because Hz=1/s [cycle per second]

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