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Did the F-15 use an IBM 4π computer or something else? What language did you use to program it. (I think aerospace computers are underappreciated, so I'm interested in whatever you can tell me about it.)

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Arguably, the fastest fighter jet computer in the world is in a U.S. Air Force F-15E. It’s the Advanced Display Core Processor II (ADCPII) and it’s capable of processing 87 billion instructions per second.

http://www.boeing.com/features/2016/08/f15e-fastest-computer...

Sounds like they've moved on from the IBM 4π.

That information may be sensitive. The F-15 platform is still under active development, and even if it wasn't those details might be too much to ask.

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