http://www.stippy.com/japan-tech/computer-on-wheels/ A fresh look at Japan, by gaijins for gaijins! Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:35:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.stippy.com/japan-tech/computer-on-wheels/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Red Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:52:59 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-tech/computer-on-wheels/#comment-6 Too true. And if the system that Fuji2 put together for the T*S*E is any guide, then you are probably right. Japan Inc. doesn't have a good track record with software efficiency but it wouldn't surprise me if Toyota - with their background in hardware - is a tougher customer than most. Rumour has it that N*E*C Electronics was hired to design the chip that controls the beast and it processes over 100 bln calculations per second. My friends in the industry tell me that that is about twice as fast as anything they have seen before. Too true. And if the system that Fuji2 put together for the T*S*E is any guide, then you are probably right. Japan Inc. doesn’t have a good track record with software efficiency but it wouldn’t surprise me if Toyota – with their background in hardware – is a tougher customer than most. Rumour has it that N*E*C Electronics was hired to design the chip that controls the beast and it processes over 100 bln calculations per second. My friends in the industry tell me that that is about twice as fast as anything they have seen before.

]]> http://www.stippy.com/japan-tech/computer-on-wheels/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Jerry Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:39:23 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-tech/computer-on-wheels/#comment-3 Great article. Just one comment though, the old saying that still applies here is that "Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight". Great article. Just one comment though, the old saying that still applies here is that “Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight”.

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