Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!IASTATE.EDU!john From: john@IASTATE.EDU (Hascall John Paul) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: why is 33 MHz a popular number? Message-ID: <1991Jan8.155506@IASTATE.EDU> Date: 8 Jan 91 21:55:06 GMT References: <1990Nov28.021703.28668@weitek.COM> <17213@cbmvax.commodore.com> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: john@IASTATE.EDU (Hascall John Paul) Organization: Iowa State University Lines: 19 In article <17213@cbmvax.commodore.com>, daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes: > Popular Speed Actual Speed Clock Cycle > 16MHz 16.67MHz 60ns > 20MHz 20.00MHz 50ns > 25MHz 25.00MHz 40ns > 33MHz 33.33MHz 30ns > 40MHz 40.00MHz 20ns \__ not in this > 50MHz 50.00MHz 15ns / reality! :-) 40 MHz == 25 ns, 50 MHz == 20 ns, 66.67 MHz == 15 ns -- John Hascall An ill-chosen word is the fool's messenger. Project Vincent Iowa State University Computation Center john@iastate.edu Ames, IA 50010 (515) 294-9551