Auto Industry's Fastest Processor Is 128Mhz

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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Re:This is cool, but not revolutionary...

[cbiltcliffe]

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.

:)