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Auto Industry's Fastest Processor Is 128Mhz

Posted by kdawson on from the hot-in-here-or-is-it-me dept.

afabbro writes "GM stated that the 2011 Buick Regal will have the auto industry's fastest processor: 128Mhz, and 3MB of flash. 'Three meg of flash memory and 128MHz clock speed doesn't sound like a lot in terms of computing power until you consider the environment these controllers have to live in. Our controllers are made to operate reliably up to 260 degrees (127C) and down to -40 degrees (-40C) for the life of the vehicle.'"

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  1. Should be by JustOK · · Score: 3, Funny

    128 MHz should be enough for every car.

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  2. Made to last by Mishotaki · · Score: 1, Funny

    So... 3 years or 25 000 miles...

  3. Made to last... by Mishotaki · · Score: 3, Funny

    3 years or 25 000 miles...

  4. Re:Ahh... automotive, that brings back memories by stimpleton · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ex Honda Mechanic here(1982-1989). "Environment similar to mil spec, durability like industrial, prices like consumer products".

    1984-86 Honda Accord/Accura igniter units(Fires the igntion coil at the right time), it was more like "Environment as in a home in winter, durability like a chinese small engine, and prices like a haliburtion supplied widget".

    If i'd replaced 200 of these things. Yes, i am sure todays automotive embedded stuff is better but its been a long road.

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  5. For the life of the vehicle... by geogob · · Score: 2, Funny

    Since we are talking about GM, I guess they could put in an uncooled Athlon XP. That would best match the CPU MTBF to the useful life of the vehicle.

  6. Re:This is cool, but not revolutionary... by cbiltcliffe · · Score: 4, Funny

    in contrast very few 20 year old PCs are still in regular use, I think a lot of people would be very hard pressed to find a ten year old computer being used daily

    I've got a 15 year old PC that's not only used daily, it runs 24/7 to run a specific piece of software.
    I've also got a 14 year old one that does some network functions, although it would be much easier to replace than the first one, if it came to it.

    So, my anecdotal evidence trumps your statistics, because as everybody on /. knows, if you have a single contradictory outlier, it proves generally accepted trends are completely wrong.

    :)

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  7. Re:Ahh... automotive, that brings back memories by MeatBag+PussRocket · · Score: 2, Funny

    why you gotta always play the race card?

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