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These spacecraft don't have CPUs, at least not the way we think of them, in the sense of a single microprocessor IC. Their "CPUs" are built from discrete logic
by shiroiuma 3y ago
These spacecraft don't have CPUs, at least not the way we think of them, in the sense of a single microprocessor IC. Their "CPUs" are built from discrete logic gates on CMOS and TTL ICs, the way the earliest digital arcade games were.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_program#Computers_and_data_processing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_program#Computers_and_...
- varjag 3y agoThe concept of CPU predates micro-processors. They were cabinet sized originally.