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According to Wikipedia: The helicopter uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor with a Linux operating system. Considering Qualcomm never releases their kernel
by perryizgr8 5y ago
According to Wikipedia: The helicopter uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor with a Linux operating system.
Considering Qualcomm never releases their kernel sources, I am really worried that NASA might have been forced to use a modified Android system.
- ludocode 5y agoI mean they weren't "forced" to use anything. They chose the chip. If they had different requirements they could have chosen a different chip. Most likely they just used the specific kernel version with closed binary blobs from Qualcomm for a typical embedded Linux, not the full Android system.