CoolHandLuke
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if 3shape DID become compatible with newer processor architecture, they would have to devote time every month to roll out patches as new processors are added.
that bogs down the computer even more, especially considering all that processing back end adds to 3shape's vulnerable security. it would add instability long term.
but all of it really isnt a problem, because this is how embedded computers work; installing 3shape to run on the computer that comes embedded in your 3dsystems printer ultimately wouldnt be too bad of an idea. it would run just fine. embedded computers are mostly x86 architecture precisely because the newest hardware even if its more powerful, doesnt offer an upgrade in I/O functionality, so one or two factories in south china can corner the market on old CPU and mother boards for embedded pc IO systems.
you remember that Chevy commercial with the electronic suspension function, advertizing 1000 times per second the car (or was it truck) calculates the best stability? thats a 1khz microprocessor. thats the oldest pc architecture in the book. its effectively not improved by a 1Mhx pentium architecture cpu. how would you notice 1 million calculations per second? effectively null for this application. thats why embedded PC's dont need new CPU's.
3shape was designed to run on that.
that bogs down the computer even more, especially considering all that processing back end adds to 3shape's vulnerable security. it would add instability long term.
but all of it really isnt a problem, because this is how embedded computers work; installing 3shape to run on the computer that comes embedded in your 3dsystems printer ultimately wouldnt be too bad of an idea. it would run just fine. embedded computers are mostly x86 architecture precisely because the newest hardware even if its more powerful, doesnt offer an upgrade in I/O functionality, so one or two factories in south china can corner the market on old CPU and mother boards for embedded pc IO systems.
you remember that Chevy commercial with the electronic suspension function, advertizing 1000 times per second the car (or was it truck) calculates the best stability? thats a 1khz microprocessor. thats the oldest pc architecture in the book. its effectively not improved by a 1Mhx pentium architecture cpu. how would you notice 1 million calculations per second? effectively null for this application. thats why embedded PC's dont need new CPU's.
3shape was designed to run on that.