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On 27/01/2011 03:01 PM, Warp wrote:
> 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.
On the other hand, presumably doing so would cost money. Stamping out
copies of the design that already exists does not cost money. (Or
rather, it costs *almost* no money.)
Then again, I gather there's a thriving business in "IP cores"...
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