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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. Re:This is cool, but not revolutionary... by Dahamma · · Score: 5, Informative

    Other plants can be used to make ethanol, but it's not being done widely

    Sure it is. Brazil has been producing efficient sugarcane-based ethanol for decades, and now accounts for almost 40% of the world's ethanol fuel production. Not that it matters much to the US, because of the quotas and massive tariffs to protect the crappy corn ethanol industry...