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

[Luther Johnson]

network switches, etc.

On 05/27/2025 07:18 PM, Luther Johnson wrote:
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> and wireless devices, hot spots ...
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> On 05/27/2025 07:16 PM, Luther Johnson wrote:
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>> 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:
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>>> There are tiny ARM processors in SD cards.
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>>> 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:
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
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