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[Joseph Turner <jturner@tartarus.uwa.edu.au>]

pubpc1@library.ucla.edu wrote:
: Did you all know that the CPU in the Mars Pathfinder Sojourner
: Rover is an 8-bit Intel 80C85 running at 4MHz?  It was picked
: for its low power consumption.  I'd think that an equally low
: power, but more powerful, 16-bit WDC 65C816 running at 20MHz
: would do more and do it faster.

: What do you think?

: -Scott G.

I heard that they choose cpu's like that also cause they are less
susceptible to destruction by radiation..i.e. radiation from the sun
destroys integrated circuits...smaller technolgy being more suspectible.
Just something I heard.

Joe
 
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