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I think you are misunderstanding me. What I mean under a computer is a Turing complete machine. A circuit just doing some LP solving, or PID is not necessarily
by baybal2 5y ago
I think you are misunderstanding me.
What I mean under a computer is a Turing complete machine. A circuit just doing some LP solving, or PID is not necessarily a computer.
- SkyPuncher 5y agoBy that explanation, I actually 100% confident I'm understanding you correctly. Most of the functionality of these chips can be represented in some form of hardware. However, that hardware is often much more expensive, significantly less flexible, and likely significantly bulkier.
- rcxdude 5y agoVery little applications strictly need a turing complete machine. However microcontrollers are ubiquitous because they are so flexible. One chip does the job of many, and without needing to be specialised, allowing all applications to take advantage of the economies of scale in semiconductor manufacturing. (Also as pointed out here you drastically underestimate the complexity of a modern ECU)