Tour of the server room in the Airbus 350

Re:Tour of the server room in the Airbus 350 by will_asouka on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @06:02AM (#27589784)

Where's the commercial benefit though? The cost of certification is huge so upgrades after initial certification don't happen unless the tech has big cost benefit (or safety, which is also cost at second order).

Hence A320 still running on Motorola 68000 of Sega Genesis etc fame.

And 737max having a top panel from the 60s.

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Re:Tour of the server room in the Airbus 350 by durnygbur on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @07:10AM (#27590203)

I was joking obviously but that would the the answer to the marketing manager.

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Re:Tour of the server room in the Airbus 350 by will_asouka on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @07:22AM (#27590286)

Ah you were saying serve ads on the flightdeck displays! Ok that's innovative- I'd recommend featuring big watches, mirrored sunglasses and divorce lawyers.

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Re:Tour of the server room in the Airbus 350 by plebianRube on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @08:28AM (#27590805)

Why not just promote ads based on their conversations like everyone else?

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Re:Tour of the server room in the Airbus 350 by cmpb on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @09:38AM (#27591441)

Mayday, mayd 'THIS FRIDAY ON "AIR FIRE WATER MOUNTAIN RESCUE: ALASKA": "It sort of just fell from the sky!" - TUNE IN THIS FRIDAY AT 7 EASTERN'

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Re:Tour of the server room in the Airbus 350 by gumby on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @09:36AM (#27591431)

Yeah, gotta monetize that cockpit recorder. Wasted fodder for a crew campaign.

You could even insert ads into the recordings to reach the people who listen to the recordings after an accident!

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Re:Tour of the server room in the Airbus 350 by mrweasel on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @11:20AM (#27592775)

I thought you where joking about the Motorola 68000 in the A320, but nope, it’s part of the flight control system.

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Re:Tour of the server room in the Airbus 350 by p_l on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @12:27PM (#27593725)

Honeywell FMS systems use AMD29000 to this day, including in new designs, and Honeywell even bought the licenses to operate as fabless manufacturer for it.

The reason is simple - they need stability of parts supply with minimal recertification costs, and in this case it means that by having an already certified cpu (AMD 29k) and full manufacturing line capability for it, they don't have to face issues with vendor deciding to scrap a line (like another popular design, i860, had to deal with) or having to constantly recertify and update for newer parts.

And quite often the computing requirements didn't really grow

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