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New NASA Mars rover has same chip as 1998 Apple iMac – Gulf News
An advanced chip is actually a detriment to the unique operating conditions of Mars
The rover houses a PowerPC 750 single-core, 233MHz processor with just 10.4 million transistors that powered the original Mac launched in 1998.
Image Credit: AFP
New Delhi: If you think that NASA’s $2.7 billion Mars Perseverance rover is carrying some state-of-the-art chip to sustain the rough atmosphere and send the data back home from the Red Planet, you are wrong as the most advanced rover runs on a chip used in the 1998 Apple iMacs.
This is because an advanced chip is actually a detriment…
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