Rob wrote:
Terje Mathisen <[email protected]> wrote:
http://linuxgizmos.com/tiny-fanless-mini-pc-runs-linux-on-quad-core-amd-soc/
This little guy starts at $129 and includes a serial port which should
make it trivial to attach a Sure GPS board.
With a dual or quad 64-bit CPU, both SATA and SD storage connectors and
versions that support multiple Gbit/s Ethernet ports, it would seem to
be a nice NTPD startum 1 server.
First I would verify if it really runs to microsecond accuracy, at least
when you require that. My experience with small computers running NTP
synced to PPS that they have a tendency to be 1-3 magnitudes worse at
timing stability, probably because of the lack of a sufficiently fast
and accurate timing counter.
Did you check the link?
This is a full 64-bit dual/quad core x86-64 PC!
Of course, it could still be good enough when you want to use it as a
network time server. It wasn't good enough for my co-channeling software
that requires the clock to be accurate within a few microseconds.
Intel CPU driven 64-bit PC systems have no problem with that.
AMD instead of Intel, but yes.
Terje
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- <Terje.Mathisen at tmsw.no>
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