CPU Shack: Aeroflex 196 - Radiation Hard CPU

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http://www.cpushack.com/2017/02/26/aeroflex-ut80crh196kds-the-mcs-196-goes-to-space/

Someone said they enjoyed space based processors, so here is an article on a particularly special one

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Very interesting thx ))
On Intel S87C196KD20 I see "Japan" does it mean that it was produced in Rising Sun country? There is Intel chips FAB for special space projects?

Want to Mars ))

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the intel one is a standard commercial part. Assembled in Japan (likely made by IBM for Intel actually, as they have a plant there and Intel does not)