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

[Luther Johnson]

There are tiny ARM processors in SD cards.

On 05/27/2025 03:42 PM, sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au wrote:
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>> On 28 May 2025, at 00:52, Stuff Received <stuff at riddermarkfarm.ca> wrote:
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>> 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.
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> related:
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> anyone on list know where all the ARM ‘CPUs’ (cores or multi-core 
> chips?) get used?
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> ARM, as the licenser, declared it licensed 250B “CPUs”  in 2024.
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> We know 1-2B go into smartphones, perhaps another 250M into PC-like 
> devices (250M is approx PC market)
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> Where do the rest go?
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> I’ve read some HDD’s use ARM processors, so a few billion there perhaps.
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