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Re:Former Tesla Firmware Engineer Discusses the System by coldtea on Friday August 24, 2018 @03:02PM (#17837089)
>Same reason SpaceX eschews radiation-hardened processors for redundant off-the-shelf cores

A devil-may-care throw-caution-to-the-wind cavalier attitude?

>supplier competition

I stand corrected. And I'm never buying a Tesla or property even remotely close to SpaceX launch sites...

Re:Former Tesla Firmware Engineer Discusses the System by fsloth on Friday August 24, 2018 @03:38PM (#17837329)
I would imagine commoditization generally increases - those variables which market values. In this case I presume the variables include reliability since that stuff is probably used in IoT systems where minimizing maintenance can be probably considered am asset.

Although I don't know the market. It might screwed by some weird market dynamic.