[pmontra]

The clock frequency is GHz, which is a trillion cycles per seconds. There is at least one cache layer between the CPU and the RAM but we are in the same ballpark. And yet it's OK for the typical lifetime of our computers.

[benjijay]

GHz is Billion, not Trillion

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(side note)

Until recently a billion was a trillion, or vice versa, depending on whether you're from the UK or the US.

A GHz is a GHz no matter where you are. :-)