Re: faster internal clocks

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From: Peter Thompson
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 09:43

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Roderick McConnell (mcconnel@irisa.fr) wrote:

:   How are faster internal clocks for CPU's typically generated?  I am
: wondering about processors such as the transputer, where the internal
: clock is a significant multiple of the external clock.  The external
: clock speed can not be varied (for the transputer at least), so my
: first guess is that there is a PLL inside - but wouldn't that require
: analog circuitry?
: -- 
: 					- Roderick

Absolutely correct.

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