Amazon Time Sync Service adds support for Microsecond accurate time on 26 additional EC2 instance types in all commercial regions
Amazon Time Sync Service introduces support for microsecond accurate time on 26 additional EC2 instance types in all commercial regions. Built on Amazon's proven network infrastructure and the AWS Nitro System, microsecond accurate time and nanosecond precision hardware timestamps leverage the reference clocks running in the Nitro System directly, enabling customers to easily order application events, measure 1-way network latency, and increase distributed application transaction speed. Starting today, customers can access microsecond accurate time on these additional instance types by creatin
The continuous evolution of cloud infrastructure demands increasingly precise timing for distributed systems, driven by the complexity of modern applications and the need for higher performance.
Improved time synchronization is critical for high-performance computing, financial services, data analytics, and other distributed applications where event ordering and latency measurement are paramount.
Customers can now achieve microsecond accurate time on a wider range of EC2 instances, enabling more reliable and faster distributed application transactions across all commercial AWS regions.
- · AWS
- · Companies running high-frequency trading applications
- · Developers of distributed databases
- · Enterprises reliant on precise event logging
Immediate improvement in application performance and reliability for users of the supported EC2 instance types.
Increased adoption of distributed systems on AWS that require extremely precise time synchronization, potentially leading to new application architectures.
Enhanced competition in cloud services as providers push for even finer granularity in timing and synchronization features across their fleets.
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