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Isn't the problem also that because of radiation, processors in space either need to have larger feature sizes OR additional shielding / redundancy? Seems like
by tqi 2mo ago
Isn't the problem also that because of radiation, processors in space either need to have larger feature sizes OR additional shielding / redundancy? Seems like a pretty high price to pay for slightly cheaper energy...
- nijave 2mo agoArs had an article that cited some HPE testing on the international space station that said regular hardware is _probably_ fine up to about 5 years Definitely not definitive but it's plausible current hardware could survive with minimal modification
- tqi 2mo agohm but "fine" as in probably won't die? my question was more whether the hardware would need extra redundancy or shielding in order to not have unacceptably high error rates
- nijave 2mo agoThere's a radiation section in the article, I'll let you draw your own conclusions https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/how-hard-is-it-to-build-orbital-data-centers-actually/ https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/how-hard-is-it-to-buil...