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		hyperpape on May 27, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: IPC between multiple Java processes/JVMs ... http://shipilev.net/blog/2014/nanotrusting-nanotime/ By coincidence, this was reposted today. Findings: nanotime probably has >= 15ns latency, and >= 30 ns granularity.

vardump on May 27, 2015 [–]

So does 1M ping pongs give me sufficient resolution?

It's not like it makes sense to measure a single transaction, but say, 1M in a chain.

jinmingjian on May 27, 2015 | [–]

Yes, as you are ware that, it is hard to measure the latency correctly especially in your nano-second level.

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