News: Hoptroff Creates World-First Sub-Nano Time for Global Infrastructure
Hoptroff’s Sub-Nano delivers the most accurate time ever in industries such as finance, cybersecurity, and telecommunications.
Sub-nanosecond temporal resolution allows measurement of events with a resolution finer than a nanosecond.
The technology is highly scalable and adaptable, making it a versatile solution to thrive in today's fast-paced digital landscape.
London, 15th January - Hoptroff, a UK time synchronisation scale-up, has today announced the launch of Sub-Nano, a technology that delivers sub-nanosecond timing accuracy for critical industries such as finance, cybersecurity, and telecommunications for the first time.
Sub-nanosecond temporal resolution allows measurement of events with a resolution finer than a nanosecond, which is one billionth of a second. The technology was first utilised by the White Rabbit Project, a collaborative initiative involving institutions like CERN, to provide sub-nanosecond accuracy for data transfer and time synchronisation.
This enhanced control systems for particle accelerators, neutrino telescopes, and radar systems, enabling the measurement of particle motion in picoseconds – 1,000 times more accurate than standard computer clocks.
Until recently the utility for such a system has been questionable for commercial purposes. Afterall, in sectors like real estate, transactions normally require the date of the transaction. That's a resolution of 87400 seconds.
But now Sub-Nano capability has become essential for businesses and projects that require the highest levels of accuracy and granularity to meet the high-tolerance operational needs for databases, AI, network traffic and time-based data analysis.
Richard Hoptroff, Founder and Chief Time Officer at Hoptroff, stated: "At 200 billion transactions a day, we're barely scratching the surface of the total number of possible financial transactions needing to be tracked accurately in the coming decade. Applications like high-frequency trading, where computers execute trades faster than humans, require unprecedented precision. Sub-Nano provides this, ensuring accurate tracking and database management in global financial markets."
Sub-Nano also has critical implications for cybersecurity. With over 500 potential attacks occurring every second in the UK alone, and the global economy losing an estimated $18 billion annually to cyberattacks, the need for enhanced threat detection is paramount.
Sub-Nano enables real-time mitigation of attacks like Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), allowing for accurate analysis and reconstruction of events during cyberattacks, which is crucial for future digital security.
Furthermore, Sub-Nano enhances the efficiency and performance of wireless and broadband networks through more precise Time Division Multiplexing (TDM), leading to improved signal quality, data rates, and user experience.
Hoptroff added: "Bringing cutting-edge scientific technology to global infrastructure doesn't happen everyday, and underscores the rapid pace of technological evolution. Sub-Nano empowers businesses to achieve unprecedented levels of accuracy and efficiency in time-critical scenarios. It's about making better decisions, faster, in a world that's increasingly reliant on precise timing."
Sub-Nano is highly scalable and adaptable, seamlessly integrating into existing IT infrastructure, making it a versatile solution for organisations of all sizes seeking to thrive in today's fast-paced digital landscape.
