Clock Speed Class Activities SS2
Clock Speed Class Activities 1. A processor has a clock speed of 2 GHz . o (a) How long does one clock cycle take? o (b) How many cycles occur in one second? 2. A CPU runs at 3.5 GHz . Calculate the duration of one clock cycle in nanoseconds. 3. A processor completes 1 instruction in 3 cycles at 2.4 GHz . o (a) What is the cycle time? o (b) How long does it take to complete one instruction? 4. A CPU with a clock speed of 1.8 GHz executes a program requiring 9 × 10 ⁸ cycles . o Find the execution time of the program. 5. The cycle time of a CPU is 0.4 nanoseconds . o What is its clock speed in GHz? 6. A CPU executes a task in 0.6 seconds and uses 2.4 × 10 ⁹ cycles . o Calculate the clock speed in GHz.