Computing GCSE: The Clock
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What is the clock?
The hardware component that synchronizes the CPU.
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What is the clock made of?
A tiny quartz crystal.
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What does this clock material do?
Vibrates at a constant rate, each ‘tick’ of the clock triggers the CPU to carry out one action.
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What is clock speed measured in?
Cycles per second (Hertz).
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What does one cycle per second equal?
One Hertz.
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What does a higher clock speed mean?
More instructions can be executed per second.
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What is the clock speed of most modern CPUs?
3 Gigahertz (GHz).
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Why do some CPUs need two cycles to fetch an instruction?
One to get the instruction, and the second to get the data necessary to carry it out.