The RH-32 was a
radiation-hardened
Radiation hardening is the process of making electronic components and circuits resistant to damage or malfunction caused by high levels of ionizing radiation (particle radiation and high-energy electromagnetic radiation), especially for environm ...
32-bit
In computer architecture, 32-bit computing refers to computer systems with a processor, memory, and other major system components that operate on data in 32-bit units. Compared to smaller bit widths, 32-bit computers can perform large calculation ...
MIPS R3000
The R3000 is a 32-bit RISC microprocessor chipset developed by MIPS Computer Systems that implemented the MIPS I instruction set architecture (ISA). Introduced in June 1988, it was the second MIPS implementation, succeeding the R2000 as the fla ...
based
microprocessor
A microprocessor is a computer processor where the data processing logic and control is included on a single integrated circuit, or a small number of integrated circuits. The microprocessor contains the arithmetic, logic, and control circu ...
chipset developed by the
USAF Rome Laboratories[Schechter, Joanne. "Will commercial strategy deliver cost, time savings? (military microprocessors)(includes related article on SGS-Thomson's new transputers)." EDN. Canon Communications L.L.C. 1991. Retrieved August 13, 2012 from HighBeam Research (subscription required): http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-11230801.html ] for the Ballistic Missile Defense Agency, and produced by
Honeywell
Honeywell International Inc. is an American publicly traded, multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It primarily operates in four areas of business: aerospace, building technologies, performance ma ...
(later, TRW) for Aerospace applications. It achieves a throughput of 20
MIPS. It was a three-chip set, consisting of
Central Processing Unit
A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor or just processor, is the electronic circuitry that executes instructions comprising a computer program. The CPU performs basic arithmetic, logic, controlling, an ...
,
Floating Point Unit, and
Cache Memory.
References
Honeywell
32-bit microprocessors
MIPS implementations
Radiation-hardened microprocessors
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