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- From: jmclaugh@gandalf.ca (Jim Mclaughlin)
- Subject: Re: 386/486 clock (1x or 2x)?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.210053.10960@gandalf.ca>
- Organization: Gandalf Data Ltd., Nepean, Ontario
- References: <RFowler.288@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov> <3713@svin02.info.win.tue.nl> <TMH.92Jul22194404@keks.first.gmd.de>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 21:00:53 GMT
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- In article <TMH.92Jul22194404@keks.first.gmd.de> tmh@keks.first.gmd.de (Thomas Hoberg) writes:
- >In article <3713@svin02.info.win.tue.nl> debra@wsinis07.info.win.tue.nl (Paul De Bra) writes:
- > In article <RFowler.288@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov> RFowler@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Robert A. Fowler) writes:
- > >In comp.ibm.pc.hardware there is a thread about weather the 486DX uses a 1x
- > >or a 2x clock. I (perhaps mistakenly) said it used a 2x clock, (all of the
- > >motherbords I've seen had a 2x occilator) could some one with a real data
- > >book clarify?
- >
- > The 386 uses a 2x clock, whereas the 486 uses a 1x clock.
- > A 2x clock has the advantage of delivering a perfectly symmetrical
- > 1x clock after halving. A 1x clock needs better clock circuitry to
- > make sure it is symmetrical.
- >
- >Hmm, I was always under the impression that even the 486 used a 2x
- >clock up until the 486DX[2]50, which uses a 1x clock. Anyway I have a
- >66MHz oscillator on my 486/33 motherboard.
- >---
- I'm looking at page 2-177 of the 1992 Intel Microprocessor data book
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- For the 50 MHz 486 part the minimum input frequency is 16MHz, and the
- maximum input frequency is 50MHz. There is a note for this saying that
- it is a 1x CLK to Intel 486. The spec also calls for the clock symetry
- to be no worse than 56-44, with .1% stability.
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- For those out there with a 2x oscillator on the motherboard, it is likely
- that the support chip set needs the 2x, cause the CPU don't.....
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