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Title: New Air Force B-2 Bomber Processor Improves Computing 1000-Times
Post by: rangerrebew on February 27, 2017, 10:57:14 am
 New Air Force B-2 Bomber Processor Improves Computing 1000-Times
[Kris Osborn]
Kris Osborn
Thursday at 5:50 PM

The new processor increases the performance of the avionics and on-board computer systems by about 1,000-times.

All 20 Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers have been outfitted with a new flight management control processor designed to modernize the aircraft’s computer system, improve its weapons integration and enable it to rapidly embrace software upgrades, service officials said.

The new processor increases the performance of the avionics and on-board computer systems by about 1,000-times, Air Force officials said. 

http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1757423-new-b-2-computer-processor-1-000-fold-better