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expensive, yah. After I posted I did a little digging. "The RAD750 is a radiation-hardened single board computer manufactured by BAE" and "The RAD750 system ha
by tempguy9999 7y ago
expensive, yah. After I posted I did a little digging.
"The RAD750 is a radiation-hardened single board computer manufactured by BAE" and "The RAD750 system has a price that is comparable to the RAD6000 which is US$200,000 per board (per 2002 reference)"
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAD750> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAD750>
More general info here, inc. use of an 8086 and a MIPS R3000: "The CPUs of Spacecraft Computers in Space" <http://www.cpushack.com/space-craft-cpu.html> http://www.cpushack.com/space-craft-cpu.html> which backs up the chip cost mentioned above. Generally interesting.
Completely agree that if it's fast enough, why change it.