Re: [avr-chat] Why 8051?

[Chris Kuethe]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Mike Murphree <address@hidden> wrote:
> Ummm, no, not even close.
> Radiation hardened microprocessors use different construction and electrical
> design techniques than garden variety 8051 and AVRs use.
> It's not uncommon to put soft processor cores into radiation tolerant FPGAs
> and ASICs as a somewhat cheaper solution.
> Mike

As an example of this, the LEON3 (SPARC) core
http://www.gaisler.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=53
... now with fault tolerant bits
http://www.gaisler.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=194&Itemid=139
... and they'll even burn it into rad-hard silicon
http://www.gaisler.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=196&Itemid=151

I didn't look for examples of soft processors offered in a
fault-tolerant configuration.

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