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Just read that a modern car's computer code has more lines than the space shuttle program
I was looking up some wiring diagrams for a 2022 Ford F-150 and saw a footnote about the software complexity. It said the truck's computer system has over 150 million lines of code, which is way more than the old space shuttle. Does that seem right to you guys, or is that number just marketing fluff?
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the_jordan10d ago
That number sounds about right. My brother works in automotive software and he told me the same thing. He said a basic car today has dozens of separate computers for everything from the radio to the engine. The space shuttle code was incredibly efficient, but a modern truck has to handle infotainment, driver assists, and emissions controls all at once. It's a ton of software just to make things work together.
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stella_lane10d ago
Notice how everything around us is basically a computer now. My fridge has more lines of code than my first laptop. It's like @the_jordan said, even a basic car is a network of tiny computers talking to each other. We traded simple, solid machines for complex systems that can do a hundred things at once, and half of them are just trying to make the other half work.
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emmag2210d ago
But all that extra code just makes things break more often. My old car never needed a software update to start.
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