Complex sentence: This allowed for much higher clockrates, for applications where speed was needed; for example DSP functions or matrix transformation, or as in the Xerox Alto, the combination of flexibility and speed, before discrete CPUs were able to deliver that.
Split into simpler sentences: This allowed for much higher clockrates, for applications where speed was needed. For example DSP functions or matrix transformation, or as in the Xerox Alto the combination of flexibility and speed, before discrete CPUs was able to deliver that.