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An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbit (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

and forget about running 4nm chips in space. shit has to be radiation hardened, which means bigger process nodes and higher energy cost, and lower speed

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Another thing they probably didn't think of. Nobody's run chips in space before.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    they did think of it. lots of people have. I just mentioned what was required. Rad hardened processors are usually 10 to 20 times slower than what we have on the surface

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    So don't use rad-hardened processors, put them in a radiation vault instead. Those become more mass-efficient the more hardware you're putting inside them.

    Really, I assure you the people proposing these things have put more thought and expertise into it than a bunch of random Fediverse commentators.

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