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0 pointshotpotamus3y ago0 comments

And in 1 millisecond, a 1Ghz CPU will have 1 million cycles. It's a bit like sending a letter and then waiting a month or two for a response.

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dns_snek3y ago· 2 in thread

Nitpick: 1 billion, not 1 million ;)

THz?

From the original comment, 1 GHz = 1 billion Hz = 1 billion cycles

But reading it again, I somehow missed the "In 1 ms" part, which makes it correct.

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