Finally, a good use for Intel's lowly Atom CPU: Inside NASA's $2.7B Perseverance rover

Intel’s underpowered Atom CPU has finally found some respect—on Mars. The lowly chip had a tough time on Earth, winning the faintest of praise for its pedestrian performance. But its energy-sipping ways were apparently a good fit for a couple of compute modules that NASA built into its $2.7 billion Perseverance rover.Intel said Monday that there are at least two Atom SoCs embedded inside of Perseverance. The chip is the main processor aboard a COMEX-IE38 computing module developed by Israel-based CompuLab.To read this article in full, please click here https://www.pcworld.com/article/3616696/the-nasa-perseverance-rover-uses-intels-atom-cpu.html#tk.rss_all

Created 4y | Apr 26, 2021, 6:20:38 PM


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