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Clock Cycle (Computer Architecture)

May 01, 20261 min read

computer-architecture

Definition

Clock Cycle

A clock cycle is one period of the processor clock.

In a synchronous processor, work is divided into discrete clock cycles between clock edges. The clock frequency determines how many cycles occur per second.


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  • Branch Misprediction Penalty
  • Clock Edge
  • Clock Period
  • Clock Rate
  • Cycles Per Instruction
  • Instructions Per Cycle
  • Microarchitecture
  • Multi-Cycle Processor (RISC-V)
  • Multi-Cycle Processor
  • Pipelined Processor
  • Register File
  • Single-Cycle Processor (RISC-V)
  • Single-Cycle Processor
  • Synchronous Processor (Computer Architecture)
  • Translation Lookaside Buffer

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