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Low Earth Orbit (LEO) which the ISS is in is very different from deep space. You can get away with much less radiation hardening in LEO. For example, I know a c
by FredFS456 6y ago
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) which the ISS is in is very different from deep space. You can get away with much less radiation hardening in LEO. For example, I know a company consumer-grade Xilinx MPSoCs with 4xA53 cores at 1.5GHz.
- phire 6y agoThey literally ship off the shelf laptops and smartphones to the ISS. They do modify them slightly to remove the lithium-ion batteries, which you do not want inside a space craft. I think they replace them wit NiMH cells if the devices still need to be battery powered.
- sephamorr 6y agoThey no longer do this, and are now happy with just testing li ion products. There are iPads all over the station (and used by the astronauts on the SpaceX Dragon)