Magnetic core memory
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A pre-DRAM memory technology that stores bits in magnetic cores.
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- 4Hacker News·6/28/2026researchInside the Space Shuttle's I/O Processor Circuit Boards
This article examines circuit boards from the Space Shuttle's I/O Processor, which linked the shuttle's main computers to onboard systems and sensors. It explains the processor's unusual multi-threaded architecture, its network interface cards, and the microcode stored in fuse-based PROMs.