Standby current and the battery-life trade-off
The DSC8004CI2-PROGRAMMABLE: A LoRa node waking once an hour spends 99.9% of its life in standby, and the oscillator's disable current sits well below the MCU's own sleep-mode draw, so it doesn't add a meaningful tax to the coin cell.
Supply voltage and frequency range flexibility
The programmable frequency range spans 1 MHz to 150 MHz, so one BOM line can serve multiple clock speeds across a product family — the same 4-SMD footprint handles a 16 MHz MCU clock and a 100 MHz Ethernet PHY reference.
Temperature grade and stability
This covers industrial enclosures and outdoor telecom cabinets without needing a TCXO.