oh wow, they make atomic clocks on a chip now (well, basically. it's the *size* of a somewhat large IC at least)
https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/00002985.pdf
-R/F
@Felthry yep, its volume pricing ranges from $5,200 when you buy one to $2,600 when you buy >250
@VoxSomniator yeah that's about what we expected
-F
we have no idea how much this costs, but expect it would be in the thousands, as atomic clocks usually are well over a thousand and a miniaturized one probably costs more.
-R