Le 2011/06/26 06:07, clipka a écrit :
> Am 25.06.2011 19:44, schrieb Darren New:
>> I knew someone who worked on modern military helicopters, at least some
>> of which also have mag core memory. The thing is, it's non-volatile. You
>> can lose power without wiping out your mission or having to reboot or
>> whatever.
>
> Flash memory would do that, too. But I guess when the military does such
> things, they know what they want. Robustness against gamma rays or EMP
> or some such might be a reason.

Core against an EMP? An EMP can very easily whipe out any magnetic core 
at an intensity that would not affect any consumer grade flash unit. 
Then, you can have military grade hardened flash memory that's shielded 
against such agressions.

As for gamma rays... a simple redudency system will do.

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