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		neurotech1 on July 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The complex history of the Intel i960 RISC process... I'm not so sure the F-18 Stores Management Processor used the i960MX. Any sources to confirm that? There has been some interest recently in the F-22 Common Integrated Processor using the i960MX, as the USAF wishes to retire older F-22 Block 20 Aircraft. Apparently, newer F-22 Blocks use FPGAs to provide a functional soft core of the i960MX, without having to locate long obsolete chip sources for legacy avionics designed in the 80s

kens on July 2, 2023 [–]

Of course I have a source :-) https://www.google.com/books/edition/Avionic_Systems_Design/...

It was upgraded from the HAC-32 (Hughes system with the i960 MX) to PowerPC around 2002. See page I-12 of https://studylib.net/doc/11020640/navy-training-system-plan-......

sillywalk on July 3, 2023 | | [–]

Very interesting article. The 35(!) i960s in the F22. Do you know how they were ..distributed?

neurotech1 on July 3, 2023 | | [–]

Interesting. Thanks for the references.

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