The term "gigahertz," or "GHz," refers to the operating speed of a central processing unit; hertz defines the clock rate, or cycles per second, of the CPU. 1 GHz is equivalent to one billion hertz.

One of the most frequently touted measures of processor performance is a given chip's speed in gigahertz. Processors with higher GHz ratings can, theoretically, do more in a given unit of time than ...

In addition to the just-surfaced unboxing video of the new iPad, Tinhte.vn also posts Geekbench benchmarks of the device, revealing that the device's A5X system-on-a-chip contains a 1 GHz application ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — During the Computex trade show here today, Taiwan's Via Technologies Inc. announced a plethora of new products, including a 1-GHz, x86-based microprocessor for PCs. The Taipei-based ...

1 Ghz CPUs were all the rage in high-end smartphones throughout 2010 — and right now, the trend is to stick an extra core on that 1 Ghz CPU and call it a day. Nvidia bumped things up a big ol’ notch a ...

The latest addition to the ARMADA family of application processors, the ARMADA 310, delivers scalable performance up to 1 GHz while consuming less than 1W. The latest addition to the ARMADA family of ...

Samsung's Captivate phone on AT&T has a 1 GHz processor. It's the fastest available in smartphones currently, but that's not enough computing power for some Android enthusiasts. An Android developer ...

A phalanx of major computer manufacturers marched out notebook computers using Intel’s newly released 1-GHz mobile processor Monday. Intel’s new chip uses SpeedStep technology, slowing the processor ...

Taiwanese chip vendor Via Technologies Inc. on Tuesday announced the availability of 800-MHz and 1-GHz versions of its Eden ESP processor. The two additions to the company’s Eden ESP processor line, ...

The smartphone guts race just got a bit more interesting—dark horse Marvell has just outed the first ever 1.5GHz ARM tri-core mobile processor. The Armada 628 pairs two high-performance cores with one ...

The Archos 80 G9 is one of the few Android 3.2 tablets available with an 8 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel display. Now it’s also one of the few Android tablets available with a hard drive option. That means ...