Malaysia Plane Crash & Things that make you go hmmm...So apparently there were 20 people from Freescale out of Texas lost their lives in the Malaysia Jet crash today.
Bummer... that sucks!
But my 'I'm fawking bored so let's check into things' receptors went off & I started looking into what could have been happening in the company - that might have warranted dropping a 777 full of people into the sea.
Well wiki was a yawner.. at first... (ok accidents and weird coincidences happen alll the time ) but then the last line talked about this nifty new chip they just came out with - is the tiniest ever - and meant for internal use hmmm... could be interesting ... lets have a look!
Kinetis
On 26 February 2013, Freescale Semiconductor announced the creation of the world’s smallest (by size) ARM-powered chip. The Kinetis KL02 measures 1.9 by 2 millimeters and is a full microcontroller unit (MCU), meaning the chip sports a processor, RAM, ROM, clock and I/O control unit. The chip competes with the Atmel M0+ offerings, which are the low-power leaders in the industry [17] One application that Freescale says the chips could be used for is swallowable computers. Freescale already works with a variety of health and wellness customers. Both the Fitbit and OmniPod insulin pump use Freescale chips. The new chip was on display at 'Embedded World' in Nuremberg, Germany from February 26, 2013 to February 28, 2013.[18]
Holy Shit!
http://www.wired.com/design/2013/02/...-tiny-arm-chip
The creepiest part ... "Though it’s going to be available for general retail, Freescale says that the KL02 was specifically designed in response to a customer’s request. (They aren’t saying who.)"
Gosh who could possibly want an easily assimilated micro computer that keeps track of your every move, thought, and can cause your body to release or not release chemicals into your system?