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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues
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To: C.K. Houston who wrote (29)7/30/1997 10:57:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston   of 9818
 
More than 50 million embedded-system devices worldwide will exhibit year 2000 date anomalies in 1999

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The number of microprocessors is tiny when compared to the more than three billion microcontroller chips shipped in the same period. These are small, programmable units with word lengths ranging from 4 to 32 bits embedded in consumer and industrial devices. The average car contains 14 microcontrollers, and some include more than 45. Other uses include video recorders, microwave ovens, factory machinery and air-conditioning systems. The following examples illustrate a selection of commercial, date-aware embedded systems:

- Environmental-control units
- Factory printing and packaging machinery
- Process control and monitoring equipment
- Video recorders
- Security and access control systems
- Telephone exchanges
- Traffic lights
- Civilian and military avionics

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