On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:48:49 -0600, Hal Merritt wrote: >The news item mentioned a 'NADIN' failure. A chain of Googles lead to a document dated March, 2005: "FAA modernizing National Airspace Data Interchange Network with Stratus ftServer systems; Stratus to provide 10- year logistical and service support" > >"The FAA is implementing the Stratus servers, which use Intel Xeon 2.8 MHz large cache MP processors and support the Microsoft Windows operating system, at control centers in Atlanta and Salt Lake City. The problem seems to me to be that they are using Xeon processors operating in the 2.8 MHz (megahertz) speed range instead of their normal 2.8 GHz (gigahertz) speed. (Or else the article got it wrong -- but that can't be since those are "professional journalists".) Seriously UNDERclocked processors? --
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