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  • 1Clock gating — is a power saving technique used in many synchronous circuits Description Clock gating is a popular technique used in many synchronous circuits for reducing dynamic power dissipation. Clock gating saves power by adding more logic to a circuit to… …

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  • 2Chip tricks — are manipulations of poker chips. Unlike in magic, chip tricks are not demonstrated to fool a spectator. Rather, in the poker community, chip tricks are a way of passing time, fidgeting, showing off, looking impressive or intimidating other… …

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  • 3Clock signal — In electronics and especially synchronous digital circuits, a clock signal is a particular type of signal that oscillates between a high and a low state and is utilized like a metronome to coordinate actions of circuits. Although the word signal… …

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  • 4Clock rate — Clocking redirects here. For tampering with vehicle odometers, see Odometer fraud. The clock rate is the rate in cycles per second (measured in hertz) or the frequency of the clock in any synchronous circuit, such as a central processing unit… …

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  • 5Clock distribution network — In a synchronous digital system, the clock signal is used to define a time reference for the movement of data within that system. The clock distribution network (or clock tree, when this network forms a tree) distributes the clock signal(s) from… …

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  • 6Clock generator — A desktop PC clock generator, based on the chip ICS 952018AF and 14.3 MHz resonator (on the left) …

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  • 7Chip on shoulder — One carries a chip on one s shoulder as a form of physical challenge, inviting opponents to knock the chip off and so provoke a fight. The concept is now metaphorical, describing people who nurse a grudge or grievance that readily provokes fury… …

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  • 8Clock domain crossing — A clock domain crossing (CDC), or simply clock crossing, is when a signal crosses from one clock domain into another. If a signal does not assert long enough and is not registered, it may appear asynchronous on the incoming clock boundary.[1]… …

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  • 9Clock gating — En électronique numérique, et plus particulièrement lors de la conception de circuit (CPU, GPU, contrôleur mémoire, périphériques), le clock gating est une méthode de réduction de la consommation dynamique d un circuit. Principe L arbre d’horloge …

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  • 10clock-multiplying —    A mechanism used by some Intel processors that allows the chip to process data and instructions internally at a speed different from that used by the rest of the system …

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