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Topic: CPU speed

Related:
  Speed    CPU  
  High Speed    Speed Internet connection  
  Speed Internet    Modem Speed  
  High speed Internet access    Speed of Light  
  Need For Speed    High speed Internet  
  Speed Limit    Car Audio Speed  

 
 
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Most admires:Steve Jobs,  Bill Gates
Favorite possession(s):Apple Computer,  Windows computer,  Xbox
Currently has on their coffee table:Mac Today
Dream job(s):Bus Driver
Favorite TV show(s):6 O'Clock News
Favorite body part(s):Ears
Favorite book(s):"Maximum Internet Security: A Hackers Guide" by Net Sams
Favorite computer game(s):X-Wing,  Age of Empires,  Myst
Favorite online activity(s):Downloading MP3's,  Finding warez
Worst habit(s):Driving too fast,  Showing off
Favorite quote(s):"Grove giveth and Gates taketh away." - Bob Metcalfe (inventor of Ethernet) on the trend of hardware speedups not being able to keep up with software demands
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." - Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
 
 
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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer

Modern CPUs are not at all good in indirect jumps/calls relative to direct (predictable) ones, so the PIC gets a speed advatange there.
Steve Riggins,
Software Deveoper

CPU speed is rarely a constraint, but there are some tasks that would benefit from more than the current 288M of RAM.
CPUs are designed with this in mind and do all of this very quickly, but additional speed can be gained by inlining, or integrating the called function into the caller.
Papyrus has released a Speed Fix to allow fast CPU's to run GPL properly.
Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur

Some CPU’s are using copper within their dies, allowing for speeds faster than aluminum allows for.
Mike Enlow,
Internet Marketer

CPU speeds below that should only run one view bar at a time until you have maxed out your monthly pay time.
Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman

It is optimized for the 486 CPU and can run at speeds up to 40 MHz with one card on the bus, or up to 33 MHz with two cards on the bus.
Benchmarking - Speed testing for CPUs, hard drives, floppy drives, video cards and multimedia sub system.
This is great news for those older Macs since the speed of CPU upgrades, G3 and G4, has been stuck at 500 MHz for the last couple of years.
 
 
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