Re: OFF-TOPIC Intel CPU dies...
Systemkennung Linux (linux@mailhost.uni-koblenz.de)
Sat, 19 Jul 1997 16:12:42 +0200 (MET DST)
> But most CPUs are not `static designs'. This means that the internal registers
> and memory need a sufficiently high clock to refresh their contents, cfr.
> refresh cycles on DRAM.
>
> If your CPU is a static design, you can run it from 0 -- max clock speed. This
> is mainly used in CPUs for embedded applications.
Almost true. There are chips that take latencies in the logic into account.
Though they might be fully static designs you can have alot of fun with
these - clocking to much of the specified clock rates won't work or be
unreliable.
Ralf