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Well, looks like I won the silicon lottery.

Although I may not be talking about Intel i7's, my small chips propagation delay was only 9.8nS. 

Typical values are usually above 20nS. 

For those that don't know, the propagation delay is the time between input and output response.

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Well, looks like I won the silicon lottery.

Although I may not be talking about Intel i7's, my small chips propagation delay was only 9.8nS. 

Typical values are usually above 20nS. 

For those that don't know, the propagation delay is the time between input and output response.

 

What silicon is this if you aren't referring to processor silicon?

 

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Umm explain more, since Silicon Lottery is based on the max frequency that you can hit on your CPU(i.e. Overclock) with a safe amount of voltage.

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What silicon is this if you aren't referring to processor silicon?

 

Edit: You gotta follow your topics, marioo1182

Thanks, forgot to follow. 

And yes it is a silicon chip, it is just not a computer chip. It's used on breadboards.

 

Umm explain more, since Silicon Lottery is based on the max frequency that you can hit on your CPU(i.e. Overclock) with a safe amount of voltage.

Max frequency is actually directly related to propagation delay. Same thing though.

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Thanks, forgot to follow. 

And yes it is a silicon chip, it is just not a computer chip. It's used on breadboards.

 

Max frequency is actually directly related to propagation delay. Same thing though.

 

Silicon Lottery is only ever in reference to CPU clock, however.

The projects never end in my line of work.

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Silicon Lottery is only ever in reference to CPU clock, however.

Your clock speed is a frequency. GigaHERTZ. Hertz is the frequency. Cycles per second.

The shorter the propagation delay, the higher the frequency, the better the silicon.

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Your clock speed is a frequency. GigaHERTZ. Hertz is the frequency. Cycles per second.

The shorter the propagation delay, the higher the frequency, the better the silicon.

Not my point... Your IC chip isn't the silicon that the "Silicon lottery" is referring to.

The projects never end in my line of work.

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Not my point... Your IC chip isn't the silicon that the "Silicon lottery" is referring to.

Why do you say that? I ended up with a faster chip than usually; due to the silicon inside.

At the same voltage I ended up with a higher clock; i.e. I won the silicon lottery?

 

If you're saying my silicon isn't the silicon it is referring to, I disagree. What silicon is it referring to then?

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Silicon lottery in the processor sense means how far a CPU's multiplier can be pushed within a voltage threshold that is considered "safe" for the processor. Most of the time, the silicon lottery doesn't affect things that much, with the recent Devil's Canyon CPUs topping out at around 4.7-4.8GHz. Mileage varies between each individual chip, but it's generally quite a small standard deviation.

Sandy Bridge processors are among the most famous for overclocking, able to push 5GHz stable within relatively safe voltages.

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Not my point... Your IC chip isn't the silicon that the "Silicon lottery" is referring to.

 

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hey if I can overclock my current e2140 Pentium from 1.6ghz 2 2.13ghz is that winning ? or regular 4 the unit ?

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hey if I can overclock my current e2140 Pentium from 1.6ghz 2 2.13ghz is that winning ? or regular 4 the unit ?

 

Average air OC is 3GHz for those :)

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Average air OC is 3GHz for those :)

maybe but iv got "arctic freezer 11 LP" on it so that said 2.13ghz how is that number now ? 

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Noice, didn't know about this. 

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I'd still prefer to see the info displayed in the tradition matter

 

That graph doesn't excited my inner geek

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