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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
> You'd be shocked to learn that 8086 and even 8085 processors are still in
> use. Generally (in my experience) in aviation, where high speed is less
> important than reliability, stability, and the ability to operate without
> generating a lot of heat (which increases the life of the chip).
One could assume that if a 8086 was redesigned with modern technology,
it could be built to take a hundreth of the space, made to consume a tenth
of the energy and to produce a tenth of heat.
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- Warp
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