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99 -- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR DESIGN OF A GLOBAL TIME SYNCHRONIZATION AND RESET CAPABILITY POC POC: Alan Mink (301) 975-5681 Design of a global time synchronization and reset capability for the family of MultiKron printed circuit board toolkit implementations. Statement of work: Design a capability that will provide a way to synchronize the clock of different MultiKron performance measurement devices that are at different locations, as well as, provide a global reset. These locations may be separated by only meters, as in the same building, or by 100s of Km, as in East Coast and West Coast of the USA. It is expected that two different designs will be proposed, depending on the separation distance. One for small distances, which would be relatively inexpensive to build, and the other long distances, which may be more expensive to build. The synchronization achieved shall be on the order of microseconds, and the rest signal shall be immune to noise which may cause false resets to occur. As a second-year option, the following may be invoked: refinement of both schematic designs, via simulation, etc., to bring these designs to a level where they can be readily fabricated. Interested parties should submit a letter to CSL indicating their qualifications and intentions of bidding. The letter should be addressed to: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Computer Systems Laboratory, Building 223, Room B364, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, Attn: Alan Mink. (0065)

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