Comment by Vendan
7 years ago
clock as in "processor ticks", not clock as in "my watch". It's necessarily coupled, cause a processor can't function without it.
7 years ago
clock as in "processor ticks", not clock as in "my watch". It's necessarily coupled, cause a processor can't function without it.
No it is the watch, AKA the RTC
From the article:
> Without a clock, the system stands still. The CPU flat out doesn’t work. The clock is literally the heartbeat of a modern device.
Plenty of processors run without an RTC, but they all need a stable clock source (some do generate it internally, but they still need it)
I don't really care what the article says. The CPU clock, or timers really, arel not affected by helium, because the timers are not MEMS devices. The MEMS device which is explicitly for keeping wall clock time, is what is affected by helium.