At 3 gigahertz, a processor has only a third of a nanosecond between clock ticks, enough time for light to travel about 10 centimetres in vacuum before real interconnects, logic gates and capacitance shrink the distance a signal can cross on the chip Saving Tips July 24, 2026 A processor running at 3 gigahertz gets one clock cycle every 333 picoseconds, roughly a third of a nanosecond. In…
