Abbreviation question

[bobbyjb]

been doing a lot of reading but had a question what is... cpu pll

its the only one i cant find put what it stands for/does.

 

[Pyroflea]

Phase Locked Loop. It is the primary circuit in the processor that sets the overall clock. PLL's are used anywhere that a device is clocked against a reference where the resulting clock is higher than the reference clock.

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