The two classical metrics of CPU performance are IPC and clock speed, while IPC is difficult to quantify due to dependence on the benchmark applications instruction mix, clock speed is a simple measurement yielding a single absolute number. Unsophisticated buyers would simply consider the processor with the highest clock speed to be the best product, because AMDs processors had slower clock speeds, it countered Intels marketing advantage with the megahertz myth campaign 3. Celeron — Celeron is a brand name[…]
