megahertz

noun

mega·hertz ˈme-gə-ˌhərts

-ˌherts

plural megahertz

: a unit of frequency equal to one million hertz

—abbreviation MHz

Examples of megahertz in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web With that single-molecule layer, the researchers were able to reach the maximum change in conductivity at a frequency of more than 1 megahertz, several orders of magnitude faster than other heat-management systems. —

IEEE Spectrum, 13 Nov. 2023 The lowest frequencies measured to date are about 2 megahertz or so, in data from the ’70s. —

Sarah Scoles, Quanta Magazine, 20 Sep. 2023 Operating at a frequency range of 25 to 425 megahertz, the research prototype can perform 2,048 operations per core per cycle at 8-bit precision, and 8,192 operations at 2-bit precision. —

IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2023 The other piece of completely unexplored territory is the dark ages, which show up at frequencies of 30 megahertz and below. —

Sarah Scoles, Quanta Magazine, 20 Sep. 2023 This is to be expected since Raptor Lake refresh is just that - a refresh of the existing architecture and frequencies will only likely rise a few hundred megahertz, although some models are rumored to get core count increases that could see much more substantial increases in performance. —

Antony Leather, Forbes, 17 July 2023 These are, in essence, independent 32-bit microprocessors that run at 200 megahertz and are designed to communicate with external hardware. —

IEEE Spectrum, 24 Nov. 2017 The researchers successfully received information from the tattoos using a broadband modem at 900 megahertz and 2.45 gigahertz. —

IEEE Spectrum, 12 June 2023 James Provost The Flipper is powered by a 32-bit Arm processor core with a top speed of 64 megahertz. —

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