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From: hampel@demon.siemens.com (Ken Hampel (Blave a blave blave.))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
Subject: How much is a tick?
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Date: 20 Mar 90 14:30:32 GMT
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I am trying to run some benchmark tests on the T800.  The timing
routines provided by Parallel Fortan and Parallel C seem to return
times in seconds.  That is not precise enough for my benchmarks.
The f77_timer_now() routine returns the value of the transputer's
clock.  I believe this value is some number of ticks.  How long
(what portion of a second) is a tick?  Thanks.

-Ken
hampel@demon.siemens.com