If you looked only at the clock speeds of microprocessor chips, you might well think so.

如果你仅仅参照微处理器芯片的时钟速度，你可能会这么想。

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For years, Intel has consistently improved the performance of its chips by making them run at higher and higher clock speeds (measured in MHz or GHz). But it has now hit a wall.

多年以来，英特尔通过提高越来越快的时钟频率(以MHz或者GHz计)，持续不断地改进了芯片的性能，但现在撞上了南墙。

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The Chip-Sync technology has been used to ensure the latch of high-speed signal, and we use high accuracy clock management chips and design reasonable clock way to strict control the clock jitter.

该系统采用了片同步技术实现了采样后高速数字信号的可靠锁存，采用高精度的时钟管理芯片和设计合理的时钟路径对时钟抖动做了严格控制。

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Officially announced Tuesday--and the subject of rather rampant speculation and rumor for more than a month--AMD is taking direct aim at the clock speeds of chips produced by nemesis Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) by trying to fight against years of marketing inertia.

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The workings of most chips are governed by a clock and the data processing they do advances with each tick of that time-keeper.

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For Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ), which has for years marched relentlessly down the performance road--constantly boosting the performance of its chips by boosting raw clock speeds and then letting the marketing department brag about it ad nauseum--it's a significant switch in strategy.

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