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- From: vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: How Accurate Is The System Clock
- Message-ID: <tvl10pk@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 22:01:36 GMT
- References: <AJ3U.92Dec22153748@larch.cs.virginia.edu> <1992Dec23.194149.27172@odin.corp.sgi.com>
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- In article <1992Dec23.194149.27172@odin.corp.sgi.com>, archer@elysium.esd.sgi.com (Archer Sully) writes:
- > In <AJ3U.92Dec22153748@larch.cs.virginia.edu> aj3u@larch.cs.virginia.edu (Asim Jalis) writes:
- >
- > *I am writing some programs on the SGI that requires millisecond
- > *timing accuracy. How accurate is the clock on these machines?
- > *with the daemons and the multi-process environment. If someone
- > *has references for timing measurements or some ideas about how
- > *such timing can be achieved, I would really appreciate hearing
- > *from them.
- > *
- > *Responses can be communicated to me through e-mail.
- > *
- > *
- > *
- > *Asim Jalis.
- >
- > fast itimers are rumored to be micro-second accurate.
-
-
- There are several different meanings for "accuracy" when applied to
- timers or time, including:
- -resolution
- -frequency stability
- -frequency accuracy
- -monotonicity (i.e. always increasing, even when being adjusted)
-
- The normal resolution of the IRIX system clock is 10 milliseconds. "Fast
- timers" have resolutions on the order of 1 millisecond (I think the
- exact value depends on the model of IRIS.)
-
- See `man ftimer`.
-
-
- Vernon Schryver, vjs@sgi.com
-