On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:01:30 -0500, Warp wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> 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.

But there's no need to do so, the original design meets the specs and 
requirements.

Jim

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