For datacenter, AI and networking applications to function properly, you’ve got to get the timing right. That can be a challenge as data proliferates and workloads continue to increase. For example, in the datacenter, data travels through switches, active cables and SmartNIC cards to servers and GPUs, feeding ever-increasing compute workloads. These systems must meet stringent timing requirements to move massive amounts of data efficiently through the network: A single switch chip requires multiple low-jitter clocks that are resilient against power-supply noise; an active cable requires small size, low jitter and low power oscillators; a SmartNIC requires both ultra-stable oscillators and clocks that are resilient to temperature variations for optimized synchronization performance.

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