MEMS sensors have already wooed users worldwide into adopting smartphones with accelerometers, gyroscopes, altimeters and magnetometers. Now MEMS oscillators have been added to the list of micro-electro-mechanical systems, this time displacing legacy quartz crystals: R. Colin Johnson @NextGenLog
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SiTimes' tiny MEMS oscillator's provides realtime clock functions for mobile devices like smartphones.Further Reading