Atomic clocks and frequency standards represent the pinnacle of precision timekeeping technology. By harnessing the natural oscillatory behaviour of atoms, these devices deliver unparalleled accuracy ...

Different computer components run at different frequencies. For this reason they require a base frequency to synchronize their operations. The motherboard provides this in the form of an external ...

We normally think of atomic clocks as the gold standard in timekeeping. The very definition of a second — in modern times, at least — is 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the ...

Polish physicists have been aiming to build an optical atomic clock, an extremely precise device with an accuracy of one second in a few dozen billion years, since 2008. The last of the three key ...

Earlier in March we heard about a quirk of the interconnected continental European electricity grid which caused clocks to lose about six minutes so far this year. This was due to a slight dip in the ...

As technology advance, we see complex SoCs emerging in the market with multiple interfaces. These complex SoCs can have multiple clocks driving multiple modules, which may be getting divided further ...

As technologies advance, we see increasingly complex SoCs in the market, SoCs that have various wireless modules, and processors that use new bus architectures to communicate with them. They can also ...

When measuring ultra-low-jitterdevices and equipment,engineers must constantly askwhether the measurement valuesare from the DUT (device undertest) or from the test equipment.Engineers are also always ...

I used to be able to hear 3kHz easily but as my hair cells fade into the sunset that frequency now seems to be down 3 or 6 dB. As a consequence the high pitched "beep beep" sound on my portable alarm ...

For gamers, speed is of the essence. Even slight jumps in FPS performance can bring them, if nothing else, bragging rights about how awesome their PC build is. However, when it comes to RAM ...