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 × 10⁸ 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 × 10⁹ cycles.

o   Calculate the clock speed in GHz.