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Definition of gigahertz
: a unit of frequency equal to one billion hertz
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But AMD has been an innovator in countless ways—the first chipmaker to break the one-gigahertz speed barrier, the first to put two processing cores in a single chip for PCs.
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Last month, San Diego’s Skyriver, a 50-employee wireless internet service provider for businesses, rolled out a new broadband service in Southern California that uses millimeter wave spectrum in the 30 to 40 gigahertz range.
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The 64 to 71 gigahertz band can now be used by any carrier, including AT&T, on an unlicensed basis.
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When everyone else is selling gigahertz, Satjiv Chahil, chief marketing officer at Palm, likes to sell glamour.
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First Known Use of gigahertz
1964
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