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  2. Oscillator start-up timer - Wikipedia

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    This would cause timing errors, leading to many problems. An oscillator start-up timer ensures that the device only operates when the oscillator generates a stable clock frequency. [1] [2] The PIC microcontroller's oscillator start-up timer holds the device's reset for a 1024-oscillator-cycle delay to allow the oscillator to stabilize. [3]

  3. POWER8 - Wikipedia

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    Power Systems S824 and S824L – 1× or 2× POWER8 DCM (6, 8, 12, 16 or 24 cores), 4U; Power Systems S821LC "Stratton" – 2× POWER8 SCM (8 or 10 cores), 1U. Up to 512 GB DDR4 RAM buffered by four Centaur L4 chips. Manufactured by Supermicro. [42] Power Systems S822LC for Big Data "Briggs" – 2× POWER8 SCM (8 or 10 cores), 2U. Up to 512 GB ...

  4. Microelectromechanical system oscillator - Wikipedia

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    MEMS clock generators are useful in complex systems that require multiple frequencies, such as data servers and telecom switches. MEMS real-time clocks are used in systems that require precise time measurements. Smart meters for gas and electricity are an example that is consuming significant quantities of these devices.

  5. Prescaler - Wikipedia

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    A prescaler is an electronic counting circuit used to reduce a high frequency electrical signal to a lower frequency by integer division.The prescaler takes the basic timer clock frequency (which may be the CPU clock frequency or may be some higher or lower frequency) and divides it by some value before feeding it to the timer, according to how the prescaler register(s) are configured.

  6. Watchdog timer - Wikipedia

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    Watchdog timers are also used to monitor and limit software execution time on a normally functioning computer. For example, a watchdog timer may be used when running untrusted code in a sandbox, to limit the CPU time available to the code and thus prevent some types of denial-of-service attacks. [2]

  7. Time Stamp Counter - Wikipedia

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    The Time Stamp Counter was once a high-resolution, low-overhead way for a program to get CPU timing information. With the advent of multi-core/hyper-threaded CPUs, systems with multiple CPUs, and hibernating operating systems, the TSC cannot be relied upon to provide accurate results — unless great care is taken to correct the possible flaws: rate of tick and whether all cores (processors ...

  8. CPU time - Wikipedia

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    When a program wants to time its own operation, it can use a function like the POSIX clock() function, which returns the CPU time used by the program. POSIX allows this clock to start at an arbitrary value, so to measure elapsed time, a program calls clock(), does some work, then calls clock() again. [1] The difference is the time needed to do ...

  9. Clock synchronization - Wikipedia

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    Clock synchronization is a topic in computer science and engineering that aims to coordinate otherwise independent clocks. Even when initially set accurately, real clocks will differ after some amount of time due to clock drift, caused by clocks counting time at slightly different rates. There are several problems that occur as a result of ...