Re: Will P5 System Prices Drop Soon?

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From: HO JUNYA
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 1995 00:00

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In article <48tifh$d3i@access5.digex.net>,
Nigel Tzeng <nigel@access5.digex.net> wrote:
>In article <48sosk$u1q@cisu2.jsc.nasa.gov>,
>Leonard Schmitt <schmitt@pat.mdc.com> wrote:
>>In article <48oig8$d06@firehose.mindspring.com>, md@mindspring.com (Mike Donnellan) writes:
>
>[snip]
>
>>Yes, the Space Station will be using 386SX-16 and 386SX-12 CPUs for
>>"command and control" processing.  I was told these CPUs are easier to
>>space harden against radiation effects than the newer CPUs.
>
>Yes, there are flight qualified 386 CPUs for spacecraft.  AFAIK there
>aren't any faster intel chips that has gone through the required rad,
>thermal etc testing (let me know if you do...I know a few people who'd
>be interested :).  There's a flight qualified R3000 but I think if you
>need FP performance the 386 w/math co out runs it.

i think J rated processors would be in some sort of DoD certification
list somewhere, no?  (there's definitely various incarnations of different
486's and maybe i860's :) that are mil spec'd to less than that level though)

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From: hojunya@ecf.toronto.edu (HO  JUNYA)
Subject: Re: Will P5 System Prices Drop Soon?
Date: 1995/11/24
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