clock cycle

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clock
noun
uk
/klɒk/us
/klɑːk/
a device for measuring and showing time, usually found in or on a building and not worn by ...
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cycle
noun
uk
/ˈsaɪ.kəl/us
/ˈsaɪ.kəl/
UK
a ...
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(Definition ofclockandcyclefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We now assume that not every bit needs to be turned over at eachclockcycle.
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The scalar unit can decode, issue and complete four instructions perclockcycle.
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A pipelined processor can become very nearly scalar, inhibited only by pipeline stalls (an instruction spending more than oneclockcyclein a stage).
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The goal of a pipelined architecture is to complete an instruction everyclockcycle.
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Writes to any of the register files thus have to be synchronized, which required aclockcycleto complete, negatively impacting performance by one percent.
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In case there are multiple buses in the target processor, each bus can be utilized in parallel in the sameclockcycle.
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The stored analogue signal is moved along the line of capacitors, one step at eachclockcycle.
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The 601 core is single issue, meaning it can only issue one instruction in aclockcycle.
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If this condition holds, the control unit will stall the instruction by oneclockcycle.
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This forced compilers to insert no-ops in cases where the instruction would definitely take longer than oneclockcycle.
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The terms "front edge" or "leading edge", and "back edge" or "trailing edge" describe the related position of edges in aclockcycle.
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In bit-synchronous operation, clock timing is usually delivered at twice the modulation rate, and one bit is transmitted or received during eachclockcycle.
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The construction is designed to operate on 4 bits perclockcycle.
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However, each of the 3 pairs transfers 7 serialized bits during eachclockcycle.
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This parallel design meant that a complete line of 320 pixels could essentially be processed in a singleclockcycle.
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The 6809 used the two-phaseclockcycledirectly as the basic machine cycle.
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In case a function unit is fully pipelined, a new operation that takes multiple clock cycles to finish can be started in everyclockcycle.
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This is simply two bytes multiplied by the effective clock rate, and presumes that everyclockcycleis used to transfer end-user data.
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In eachclockcycle, carries only have to move one step along, and not "n" steps as in conventional addition.
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