Among the many stories that are told about space travel, this time it is true, we find that, for example, the first computer that arrived on the Moon, at least in terms of gross power, despite the fact that at that time it had an amazing ability, the truth is that it was less powerful than any low-end smartphone that you can find today for sale.
Far from all this, today we have to talk about the ideas that a company like HP on what kind of computers should or should not travel to Mars. Ideas that do not seem to be so much when we find out that the multinational is already working on the first version of the computer which is supposed to help the first visitors from the neighboring planet.
HP is already working on the first computer that would travel to Mars.
Surely you are wondering why it is necessary to create this computer so far in advance since many of the agencies plan that, at least until 2030, this trip will not be possible. The idea lies in the need, not perhaps for power, but rather that the hardware of this equipment has been tested in virtually every use case you can think of, something for which we need a lot of time.
Regarding power, HP tells us about a computer, tell you that it is still in the prototype phase, which would arrive accompanied by some 160 terabytes capacity, a capacity that draws a lot of attention but that, according to the company, would be totally necessary or at least that is what other external companies that are supporting it in the field of space travel have commented. At this point, it should be noted that HP has not wanted to give names.
As for the prototype itself, from HP they refer to it talking about a system memory drive computing, that is, a system that would allow data to be loaded and manipulated through complex calculations in real time thanks to the use of matrices of memristors. This system would be the largest in the world, at least for now, thanks to the fact that those 160 terabytes of memory would be spread over 40 physical nodes.