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> which is used by billions of smartphones as part of their baseband OS oooooh. It's almost a lame/inane question when framed this broadly, but: where can I r
by exikyut 4y ago
> which is used by billions of smartphones as part of their baseband OS
oooooh.
It's almost a lame/inane question when framed this broadly, but: where can I read more about similarly incredibly obscure yet Really Important™ applications of technology that have just about completely disappeared into the woodwork?
- melony 4y agoMinix and Intel
- adbachman 4y ago"Embedded systems" is probably the space where this happens the most and it's a super super broad category. Everything with a microcontroller in it is running someone's code. For example, a quick google search of "how many microcontrollers in a car?" gives 50 as a common answer. For every system that people think about as a computer (entertainment, engine controller, airbags) there are another 10 systems that are also tiny computers that we kind of expect to mostly work together just about perfectly, forever. Feels pretty obscure and somewhat important, but maybe not incredibly obscure and really important. :/