Feb
26
2007
I want a F-22A for Christmas
From a Forum I was reading today:
The F-22A has two redundant CIPs, each powered by Intel i960 RISC microprocessor and VHSICDSP chipsets, with fiber-optic links used for transferring data between the CIPs and sensors. It’s capable of 700 mips, which makes it roughly equivilent to a Pentium III. A modern core 2 duo is about 10x faster. If the mips of the CIP is determined to be a limiting factor, it will be replaced, but the new technology is fickle as you know- I mean, who among us has not had a computer die out from under them? The F-22A has to fight in a very hostile environment, and has to use extremely robust industrial components that you can literally hit with hammer blows and flash with nuclear EMP and they still keep working.