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TL;DR: Orion uses rad-hardened chips, which are usually very slow compared with commodity hardware. But it also runs super-optimized and highly specialized code
by api 12y ago
TL;DR: Orion uses rad-hardened chips, which are usually very slow compared with commodity hardware. But it also runs super-optimized and highly specialized code.
- jimktrains2 12y agoAlso, people, I feel, get this impression that because Windows 8 takes forever to load and then Word takes an eternity, that they _need_ that speed. No, you need less bloated programs, and (I would seriously hope) that missile/rocket/spacecraft guidance and life support computers are not running bloated software!