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>The 6502's two-phase clock throws a wrench in direct clock speed comparisons, no? Not really? The two phases are more or less just inverted versions of each o
by edmccard 10y ago
>The 6502's two-phase clock throws a wrench in direct clock speed comparisons, no?
Not really? The two phases are more or less just inverted versions of each other[1], but 1 clock cycle, for the purposes of counting cycles-per-instruction, is the same time (I think) whether you're measuring phase-1-high to phase-1-high or phase-2-low to phase-2-low.
[1]http://lateblt.livejournal.com/88105.html http://lateblt.livejournal.com/88105.html