Solid-state mass memory goes airborne
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Advanced military aircraft such as the F/A-18D require large amounts of on-board digital storage to process increasingly large amounts of image information. High-performance tape recorders have been used for this function but these are likely to be replaced by solid-state memory recorders. Tape has certain limitations including its unsuitability for operation in extreme environments. Solid-state recorders are not constructed as highly complex mechanisms and will benefit from lower memory chip costs.
Publication Name: Defense & Security Electronics
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 1084-2829
Year: 1996
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DMS conference underscores the need for support of older systems
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The Diminishing Manufacturing Sources conference held on Oct 19, 1995 featured more than 150 military systems manufacturers' representatives from the US and Europe. They discussed the increase in the rate of product obsolescence for semiconductors. The obsolescence rate has increased because of an increase in the need for semiconductors for business applications and a decrease in the need for them in military applications.
Publication Name: Defense & Security Electronics
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 1084-2829
Year: 1995
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