Re:Clockwork raises $21M to keep server clocks in sync
by Gelob on Friday March 18, 2022 @10:24PM
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Telco workloads and 5g require precise time using technologies like ptp. The cheaper, more commodity those solutions get the better.
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Re:Clockwork raises $21M to keep server clocks in sync
by _3u10 on Saturday March 19, 2022 @12:26AM
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If only these devices had a clock capable of measuring time to within 1 nanosecond.
If one has such an accurate clock they might be able to accurately plot their position on earth to within 1 ft merely by checking the timed pulses of orbiting satellites.
Re:Clockwork raises $21M to keep server clocks in sync
by jazzyjackson on Saturday March 19, 2022 @05:17AM
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I guess you're downvoted for being sarcastic or maybe people don't know 20 dollar GPS chips provide a ~10 nanosecond resolution clock
Re:Clockwork raises $21M to keep server clocks in sync
by SAI_Peregrinus on Saturday March 19, 2022 @09:44AM
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And GPS-disciplined oven controlled crystal oscillators (OCXOs) provide some of the best frequency accuracy and stability around. They range from about a hundred dollars up through a few thousand, depending on phase noise.
Re:Clockwork raises $21M to keep server clocks in sync
by _3u10 on Saturday March 19, 2022 @02:04PM
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Haha I have no idea. But yeah just call the GPS algo a Time AI and voila, $21 m in funding to go get some kids in shenzen to put a GPS chip on a USB, PCIe, NVME slot.
Hey look we got a GPU to learn the Kalman filter algo.
Many are actually better than 10 ns basically a 1 foot CEP is 1 ns. If they are fixed and always on the accuracy it can build over a day is incredible.
Re:Clockwork raises $21M to keep server clocks in sync
by jazzyjackson on Sunday March 20, 2022 @01:37PM
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granted it does need an unobstructed view of the sky, so getting it on a PCI-e board would be an innovation (: