Here comes Philae!!

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 3:12 am    Post subject: Here comes Philae!! Reply with quote

Pretty spectacular ESA mission
and LOTS of CPUs (12 just for the lander)
http://www.cpushack.com/2014/11/12/here-comes-philae-powered-by-an-rtx2010/

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 3:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Forth cpus are still in action? Cool!
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 3:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

frag_ wrote:
Forth cpus are still in action? Cool!


Yup

1) the probe design dates back 20 years
2) the RTX2010 is a very good and still popular processor for such things

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 1:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the Great research and story...and Philae has landed, btw!

Is there a group buy available for this historic processor?
I would love one for my collection. Very Happy

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 1:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good Landing on Comet!A uniq time for space exploration in history!

Hope see the upcoming images from the comet
and Analysis data until Decemmber 2015 ..when comet start aproach the sun too close...

Thanx John to INFORM us about the perfect cpus of this Project!
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