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Jan 18, 20223 min read
Weekly Takeaways:January 18, 2022
As NVIDIA and Facebook noted in a blog post, better timing gives outsize performance improvement: “making the timekeeping 80x more precise
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Jan 3, 20222 min read
Weekly Takeaways-January 3, 2022
GPS, like Sutro Tower, was also built in the 1970s and provides a free* signal. And it is also obsolete.
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Dec 20, 20212 min read
Weekly Takeaways-December 20,2021
China has taken a different tack.
Like Russia, they have their own anti-satellite and a GPS alternative called BeiDou.
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Dec 13, 20212 min read
Weekly Takeaways-December 13, 2021
The need for accurate timing cuts across multiple sectors, but there seems to be a common thread: the trend towards distributed architecture
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Dec 6, 20212 min read
Weekly Takeaways-December 6, 2021
Two weeks ago the Russians launched an extremely destructive and unnecessary anti-satellite missile.
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Nov 29, 20212 min read
Weekly Takeaways-November 29, 2021
the lack of a GPS alternative invites attack.
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Nov 22, 20213 min read
Weekly Takeaways-November 22, 2021
a recent demonstration by an IBM hacker showed that you don't need a missile to hobble our timing-based infrastructure
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Nov 15, 20212 min read
Weekly Takeaways-November 15, 2021
Before you can settle into your new moon base, you need to have an accurate moon clock.
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Nov 8, 20212 min read
Weekly Takeaways-November 8, 2021
Why is timing so critical for modern networks?
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Oct 31, 20212 min read
Weekly Takeaways-November 1, 2021
Who You Gonna Call?
It is well known that GPS is an Achilles' heel for our modern world.
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Oct 24, 20214 min read
Weekly Takeaways-October 25, 2021
You wake up. Emergency and rescue radios are down.
Your location app is offline and planes are grounded worldwide.
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Oct 18, 20212 min read
Weekly Takeaways-October 18, 2021
The time you see on your phone is synchronized to a clock at the US Naval Observatory, delivered via GPS satellites through your local cell
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Oct 11, 20212 min read
Weekly Takeaways-October 11, 2021
A Brief History of Time (Synchronization)
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Oct 4, 20211 min read
Weekly Takeaways-October 4, 2021
We recently got a question: Why pay for timing when the GPS signal is free?
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Oct 4, 20214 min read
The Dire Need for GPS Alternatives
The first GPS satellite was launched in 1978. The dire need for GPS Alternatives
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Sep 26, 20211 min read
Weekly Takeaways-September 27, 2021
It is well understood that all modern networks and electronics rely on a timing signal from GPS that is not nearly secure or accurate enough
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Sep 23, 20213 min read
The Xairos Time Appliance (XTA)
Facebook likes time: A giant leap forward for the time and synchronization industry
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Sep 19, 20211 min read
Weekly Takeaways-September 20, 2021
We all rely on GPS for our modern lives. If GPS were to go offline for more than a few hours, the disruptions would spread quickly
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Aug 31, 20214 min read
Quantum Tech Made Simple…
Explaining the basics of quantum technologies and debunking some of the common misconceptions.
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