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Shuttle used a computer designed in the 60s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/4_Pi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/4_Pi
by maxerickson 5y ago
Shuttle used a computer designed in the 60s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/4_Pi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/4_Pi
- candiodari 5y agoSpaceX, which has been used to launch military hardware, uses "dual-core x86" chips. And, obviously, they use a boatload of microprocessors, some of which are PowerPC chips, all over the rocket. All of this is connected over triple-redundant Ethernet. And as for software: It's C++. Including a version of chrome, with UI components at least partially (but maybe entirely) in Javascript. https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/2y14y4/engineer_the_future_session_with_jinnah_hosein_vp/ https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/2y14y4/engineer_the...