x86 Embedded (was: Statement & apology (was Re: 10 Year Rule))

[Jason McBrien]

On 9/1/06, Hans Franke <Hans.Franke at siemens.com> wrote:
>
> Am 1 Sep 2006 15:19 meinte Peter Turnbull:
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> early 80s, moved into embedded in the late 80s, where 186 systems
> where still big the late 90s ... to be replaced by 32 Bit Systems
> like 386/sx/sl/486.



Doesn't the space shuttle use a system of  radiation -hardened 486's? As I
understand it, there are eleven independent systems, and they all must agree
on the outcome of a particular operation for it to go through. If one is
giving a different output than the others, it is taken offline.

"I've just picked up a fault in the AE35 unit. It's going to go 100% failure
in 72 hours." Heh.