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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (19756)	6/30/1998 2:02:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) of 31646

'Y2K bomb ticks inside embedded MCUs By Jack Robertson OEMs beware: You may have a Year 2000 date problem buried inside the embedded microprocessor in your product. By now, almost everyone knows that computer network and mainframe software could have Year 2000 time bombs ticking away, ready to blow up on the first day of the new century. But the same danger lurks in the embedded code of ubiquitous MCUs that might also have only two-digit abbreviated year designations. At midnight of the new millennium, this MCU code will revert to the year 1900, possibly with devastating consequences. The microcontroller Y2K problem is scary. MCUs are pervasive-embedded in everything from automobiles to telecommunications to home appliances to industrial equipment of all kinds. And until now, few people have given any thought to the buried software running on the MCU. ... techweb.com

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