[TUHS] Re: Whither Workstations? (Was Re: Demise of AT&T)

and thumb (USB) drives, and power banks, and probably anything you can connect via USB, like keyboards On 05/27/2025 07:13 PM, Luther Johnson wrote: > > There are tiny ARM processors in SD cards. > > On 05/27/2025 03:42 PM, sjenkin(a)canb.auug.org.au wrote: >> >> >>> On 28 May 2025, at 00:52, Stuff Received <stuff(a)riddermarkfarm.ca> wrote: >>> >>> Everyone forgets about embedded systems. When I was still noodling, there were several RTOSes that were POSIX-certified (QNX and VxWorks, amongst others). Of course, these ran on the higher end 32-bit MCUs, of which dozens exist in modern cars. That medical stuff probably conforms to IEC 62304, regardless of its internals. >>> >>> S. >> >> related: >> >> anyone on list know where all the ARM ‘CPUs’ (cores or multi-core chips?) get used? >> >> ARM, as the licenser, declared it licensed 250B “CPUs” in 2024. >> >> We know 1-2B go into smartphones, perhaps another 250M into PC-like devices (250M is approx PC market) >> >> Where do the rest go? >> >> I’ve read some HDD’s use ARM processors, so a few billion there perhaps. >> >> -- >> Steve Jenkin, IT Systems and Design >> 0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915) >> PO Box 38, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA >> >> mailto:sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au http://members.tip.net.au/~sjenkin >> >