White Rabbit
White Rabbit (WR) is a technology developed at CERN to provide sub-nanosecond accuracy and picoseconds precision of synchronisation for the LHC accelerators chain.
The White Rabbit Network is based on existing IEEE standards while extending these standards in a backward-compatible way if needed to meet CERN’s requirement.
CERN developed WR as an open-source hardware, with primary adoption by other research infrastructures with similar challenges in highly accurate synchronisation of distributed electronic devices. It is currently deployed in numerous scientific infrastructures worldwide. White Rabbit has the potential to be commercialised and introduced into different industries, including telecommunications, financial markets, smart grids, space industry and quantum computing.