Re: Can a computer virus kill the CPU?

Sebastian Gottschalk wrote:
Lassi Hippeläinen wrote:

Sebastian Gottschalk wrote:

w_tom wrote:

Sebastian Gottschalk wrote:
For example, spacecraft don't use advanced Pentium processors.
Spacecraft use 8086 or 68000 version processors that have been well
proven in retail and commercial applications AND then were qualified
(tested) for space operation.
The main reason is that they're cheap.
Apparently you have not worked in and meet requirements for aerospace.
Getting a semiconductor 'fully qualitifed' is not cheap.
Again: They could also use qualified and long-tested modern
high-performance chips. Instead they resort to using way more old and slow
chips.
No. In space you need rad-hard chips.

Who cares for what's used in space? Most of these chips are used on earth,
for doing calculations on design or for steering.

Space was mentioned above three (3) times. The old but reliable designs are used up there.

The secretaries at the NASA headquarters use the same kind of desktops as anybody else. A computer doesn't become "aerospace" just by being used by someone whose paycheck comes from NASA.

-- Lassi
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