What is meant by maximum operating frequency and how we are calculating it?

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1.what is meant cycles per second in simulators and how we calculate cycles per second

2.what is meant by maximum operating frequency and how we are calculating for a particular design say for an example of 4M gates.

 

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1.what is meant cycles per second in simulators and how we calculate cycles per second

2.what is meant by maximum operating frequency and how we are calculating for a particular design say for an example of 4M gates.

Q2. Max operating frequency is not a function of the total gatecount of the design.
so it has no relation with the 4mgates u mentioned.

Calculated by using. T clk-Q+T Combinational + T Setup(next flop) +/- Clock Skew.