IBM technology heading back to space
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IBM Corp., whose ThinkPad laptops were first used by astronauts aboard the space shuttle in 1993, is once again seeing its technology flying into space. The Armonk-based computer giant said yesterday that NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander is outfitted with computer chips based on IBM’s Power architecture. The “brains� of the spacecraft use the same underlying IBM technology that’s in game consoles like the Xbox, 50 percent of cars and more than half of the world’s fastest computers. IBM licensed its Power technology to BAE Systems, which built the radiation-hardened RAD6000 computer inside the lander. The Phoenix Mars Lander is scheduled for takeoff today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
In other IBM news, Big Blue said yesterday that it will buy Princeton Softech Inc., a private company based in Princeton, N.J. The company, which has 220 employees, makes data-management software. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close this year, were not disclosed.
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