Re: [Gems-users] ruby_cycles

[Greg Byrd <gbyrd@xxxxxxxx>]

No, a single memory access can take many ruby cycles.

A "cycle" is the unit of time used by the event clock in the ruby 
system.  When the fast path is enabled, a ruby cycle represents an L1 
cache hit time.  All ruby events are specified in terms of ruby cycles.


Dave Z. wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Could you please tell me what ruby cycles represent?
> Is it the number of memory accesses?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dave 
>
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