[geeks] Seagate vendor-unique data?

[Bill Bradford]

On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 07:45:04PM -0500, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
>Actually some of the embedded chips can have up to 500 MIPS of power -
>needed to run the decoding and read channel pieces.  So theoretically,
>in between drive operations, it probably could run bash...
>e.g. the ARM Cortex R4 ...
>http://www.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-r/cortex-r4.php

I'm astounded that my "Nest" smart thermostat has a dual-core ARM CPU.

e.g., my HVAC system has more computing power than my main desktop did
10-15 years ago.

Bill

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Bill Bradford 
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