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To: Peach who wrote (129)	8/27/1997 2:38:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	of 9818

Noncompliant Chips (Embedded Systems) This is the computer chip that is hard-wired -- soldered or whatever -- into the computer. On the chip is a "burned in" program. That is, the chip contains its own instructions. If a chip has its program embedded into it, the program cannot be revised by software. It has to be replaced by a chip that is 2000 compliant. No one knows how many non-compliant chips there are ... Nobody knows which 5% to 10% is non-compliant. All chips must be tested, one by one, system by system. Assume that testing identifies bad chips. They must be replaced, (assuming that compliant chips for each application have come onto the market). One by one, bad chips must be carefully removed and replaced. The problem of embedded systems is basic to microcomputers. This is not a strictly mainframe problem. Also, microcomputers feed data into mainframe computers. What happens to the bad data from noncompliant mic microcomputers when they are fed into compliant mainframes (if any)? Presto: we have a noncompliant mainframe. LINKS TO FOLLOWING (At bottom of Linked page) - What Engineers Say Is At Risk: Almost Everything! - Embedded Systems: Chips with Y2K Failure Built In - Noncompliant Chips in British Hospitals: Manslaughter! - Dead Engines in Fire Trucks - How Widespread Is This Problem? Very. - How Important Is This Problem? Very. - BAT Industries Sounds the Alarm - Pharmaceutical Industry at Risk - Chips Older Than 3 Years Are Almost Impossible to Replace - 50 Million Devices Will Produce Anomalies - Vulnerable Systems: PBX Telecommunications - Medical Equipment Could Shut Down, Permanently - How Electrical Systems Can Go Haywire - National Science Foundation Sounds a Warning - This Problem Is Being Ignored - Oil Industry Begins to Wake Up: Late - Worse Than the Mainframe Problem, Says Specialist - A Catastrophe Looms, Says Y2K Expert - Crucial Systems Are Hard to Repair garynorth.com ======================================================================= OTHER EMBEDDED SYSTEMS LINKS: yourdon.com techstocks.com techstocks.com techstocks.com techstocks.com techstocks.com techstocks.com year2000.com techstocks.com techstocks.com techstocks.com computerweekly.co.uk iee.org.uk Cheryl

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