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Yes, you could. But there are also specialized electronics that work at 450C (or even 500C). NASA Glenn Research Center has developed them. Transistors and such
by Robotbeat 6y ago
Yes, you could. But there are also specialized electronics that work at 450C (or even 500C). NASA Glenn Research Center has developed them. Transistors and such using Silicon Carbide (instead of regular silicon). A simple computer could as easily be made with such transistors and passive elements. It’d be much faster and lighter than a relay computer.
The issue with all such computers is developing significant storage. Enough RAM for scientific data and images is probably too energy intensive (electrical energy is hard to get if you have to dump heat at 450C for your RTG). So you either transmit constantly as described here: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20150002090 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20150002090
or you store it using maybe a magnetic tape with high curie temperature.
- sitkack 6y agoOzark Integrated Circuits got a contract from NASA to develop a high temperature RISC-V chip. > Ozark IC will create the first 500-degree Celsius RISC-V multi-chip system in a package as a way to illustrate the techniques, design procedures and the multi-chip package with high-temperature components that go into creating a high-temperature electronic system. press release https://talkbusiness.net/2020/05/nasa-to-give-750000-to-ozark-ic-for-high-temperature-electronics-project/ https://talkbusiness.net/2020/05/nasa-to-give-750000-to-ozar... Their banner says, "We Design for Venus" https://archive.is/w0lZV/image https://archive.is/w0lZV/image https://www.ozarkic.com/ https://www.ozarkic.com/
- Robotbeat 6y agoHoly crap, that’s awesome!