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by Aardwolf 965 days ago
Also the fact that this CPU is still running at all, after such long time in such hostile environment (radiation, temperatures)!
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These spacecraft don't have CPUs, at least not the way we think of them, in the sense of a single microprocessor IC. Their "CPUs" are built from discrete logic gates on CMOS and TTL ICs, the way the earliest digital arcade games were.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_program#Computers_and_...

The concept of CPU predates micro-processors. They were cabinet sized originally.