The High Precision Event Timer (HPET) is a hardware timer available in modern x86-compatible personal computers. Compared to older types of timers available...

This is used in preference to the PIT timer in Linux kernels starting with 2.6.18. High Precision Event Timer Monostable multivibrator NE555 "Bran's...

A timer or countdown timer is a type of clock that starts from a specified time duration and stops upon reaching 00:00. An example of a simple timer is...

oscillator frequencies High Precision Event Timer IRQ 8 Real-time clock alarm System time Time formatting and storage bugs Timer Wall-clock time Ala-Paavola...

Interrupt Controller (APIC) High Precision Event Timer (HPET) HLT (x86 instruction) Interrupt coalescing Programmable interval timer Time Stamp Counter (TSC)...

hard drives or SSDs. Real-time clock. Programmable interval timer. High Precision Event Timer. ACPI controller or APM controller. SPI serial bus mostly...

constant frequency, but this frequency is typically at most 50 MHz. High Precision Event Timer (HPET) Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual...

from 2002 (which advocated for the adoption of High Precision Event Timer instead) criticized the LAPIC timer for having "poor resolution" and stating that...

based on a hardware clock such as the High Precision Event Timer. The latency is the delay between the events generated by the hardware clock and the...

several clocks and counters, such as the Time Stamp Counter, the High Precision Event Timer, and the Real-time Clock, each with a specialized use. When a...