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I strongly suspect the Apollo Guidance Computer mentioned for comparison uses the 'turn on one core at a time' design mostly for 'low power' rather than primari
by mjevans 6y ago
I strongly suspect the Apollo Guidance Computer mentioned for comparison uses the 'turn on one core at a time' design mostly for 'low power' rather than primarily due to weight. A predicable and small power budget would have been every bit as important as the potential weight savings.
- kens 6y agoPower consumption was important for the Apollo Guidance Computer, but what made core rope remarkable is its density: it stored 192 bits per core.