[tqi]

Isn't the problem also that because of radiation, processors in space either need to have larger feature sizes OR additional shielding / redundancy? Seems like a pretty high price to pay for slightly cheaper energy...

[nijave]

Ars had an article that cited some HPE testing on the international space station that said regular hardware is _probably_ fine up to about 5 years

Definitely not definitive but it's plausible current hardware could survive with minimal modification

[tqi]

hm but "fine" as in probably won't die?

my question was more whether the hardware would need extra redundancy or shielding in order to not have unacceptably high error rates

[nijave]

There's a radiation section in the article, I'll let you draw your own conclusions

https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/how-hard-is-it-to-buil...