Clock

An essential part of a central processing unit (CPU)

All operations within the CPU has to be precisely synchronised. This is carried out with the help of the CPU clock.

A quartz crystal circuit creates electrical pulses at a precise frequency and the CPU transports this stream of pulses around all its systems to make sure they all work together.

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2020-10

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