"BTW, when I see "mhz" I assume this means "milli-Hertz"."
> As for millihertz: sure it could make sense, if the design were fully static and one was watching (with eyeballs) some LEDs on control and address and status lines -- in fact, in many 'homebrew' computers, having a setting to allow seeing the sequencing of instruction execution is often a built-in feature.
I didn't say the the frequency didn't make sense, only that it doesn't make sense as an ARM, as that niche ends up having ISA considerations where something like ARM doesn't make practical sense . Particularly given that I said "up to 480mhz".
When I see an abbreviation, I assume it means something. Do you think that when one sees a word, assuming it has the usual meaning is 'assuming' something? Only in the most extreme sense could that be true. If I assume you know French, yes, that is an 'assumption' because -- I have no knowledge if you know French or not, so for me to say "You seem to know French" would be an assumption.
When I say "MHz" I 'assume' it is an abbreviation. Because, it does not parse as a 'word'. Therefore, the next question is: WHICH abbreviation is it? Does it have a Capital M at the beginning? If it does, then that usually means "Mega" in Scientific/Engineering circles. Does it have an 'm' in the beginning, such as ml? then 'm' means 'milli-' like it usually does with Scientific/Engineering units. When I see 'mhz' --- well, first little 'm' means milli, h -- oh, I see, it's Hz but not properly capitalized, ok, so it's milli-hertz. oh, what, no, I have to know that ARM (supposedly) cannot operate at the milli-hertz range, so now -- with all that context --- I can now make an educated guess what 'mhz' means.
Really?
Are you suggesting I should not ever assume an abbreviation means what it usually means? And I must adopt your way, which is fully context-dependent (and not even accurate in that case)?
I do feel as if you may be a 'word lawyer' and so, I will stop trying to communicate, since this is going to be painful for me. Good day.
You literally started with
"BTW, when I see "mhz" I assume this means "milli-Hertz"."
> As for millihertz: sure it could make sense, if the design were fully static and one was watching (with eyeballs) some LEDs on control and address and status lines -- in fact, in many 'homebrew' computers, having a setting to allow seeing the sequencing of instruction execution is often a built-in feature.
I didn't say the the frequency didn't make sense, only that it doesn't make sense as an ARM, as that niche ends up having ISA considerations where something like ARM doesn't make practical sense . Particularly given that I said "up to 480mhz".