AI Keeps Its Own Time

AI is changing everything in data centers. New AI-specific chips, new cooling techniques, tons of new data centers, the list goes on. Even the method for keeping time is starting to change. Now, Santa Clara, Calif.-based SiTime, announced a new timing solution that is optimized for AI workloads, using michroelectromechanical systems (MEMS) as the core timekeeping component instead of the traditional quartz crystals.