Thanks Stephen Some 'person' on Twitter on the #budgetreply thread just said coding was a deadend job. I sent him this link. And he says he's "in IT". That's a worry! Jan
At 09:58 PM 14/05/2015, Stephen Loosley wrote: >http://www.msn.com/en-au/motoring/reviews/new-ford-gt-operating-system-has-more-lines-of-code-than-a-boeing-787-dreamliner/ > > >Speaking with the media at a Ford GT forum in Detroit, chief engineer Jamal >Hameedi revealed the new Ford GT is a vastly different car than its 2005 >predecessor. > >While ABS was the most high-tech system of the 2005 Ford GT, the new GT >employees over 50 different sensors feeding 28 microprocessors and refreshed >every eight milliseconds. > >There are six communication area networks which, via 3000 different signals, >generate 300MB of data per second (over 100GB of data per hour). > >Hameedi claims the new GT employs 10 million lines of âmission criticalâ >software code, three million more than the new Boeing 787 dreamliner and eight >million more than an F22 fighter jet - though one could argue that more code >isnât necessarily a good thing. > >According to Hameedi the real challenge is getting all the signals to talk to >each other while making sure âwhen one sensor shuts down it doesnât crash >the whole systemâ. > >The data rate is refreshed every eight milliseconds and includes the following >sensor sets: > >Front safety sensors >Outside temperature sensors >Sunload sensor >Humidity sensor >Gyro sensor >Auto dimming mirror sensors >Occupation classification sensor >Wing position sensor >ABS wheel speed sensors >Steering wheel position sensor >Pedal position sensors >Door window position sensor >Side impact sensor >Tyre pressure sensor >Vehicle speed sensor >Meanwhile the 28 microprocessors take the sensor data and manage everything >from body, transaxle and hydraulic control to simple things like the door >latches, which have their own unique processor. > >Hameedi says the introduction of so much computing power means the new GT will >be safer and faster for â99 out of 100 driversâ, while for those wannabe >or actual professional racing drivers it still manages to provide systems such >as active aerodynamic control that would have otherwise been impossible. > >But despite all its computing power, Ford engineers are still debating whether >the carâs Track mode (one of four, along with Normal, Sport, and Wet) will >actually switch all the control aids off or simply increase the tolerance >substantially and leave some systems still on. > >âDo you truly turn everything off if you can make the car go faster with >some things on? Do you leave them on or do you truly say do you want >everything off? Okay then, you can be the slower guy but the hero,â Hameedi >told CarAdvice. > >The new Ford GT is powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.5-litre V6 petrol engine >with about 450kW (exact figures are yet to be released), delivered to the rear >wheels via a seven-speed dual-clutch transaxle. Ford GT production will be >capped and, as previously reported, the GT will not be made in right-hand >drive. >-- > >Cheers, >Stephen > > >_______________________________________________ >Link mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [email protected] Twitter: <https://twitter.com/JL_Whitaker>JL_Whitaker Blog: www.janwhitaker.com Sooner or later, I hate to break it to you, you're gonna die, so how do you fill in the space between here and there? It's yours. Seize your space. ~Margaret Atwood, writer _ __________________ _ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
