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Article: Microprocessor advances translate into more CNC machine capability.(computer numerical control)(Technical report)
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- Control Engineering
- Article date:
- February 1, 2009
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C.G. Masi, Control Engineering
CNC technology follows mass-market computing trends, so advances in general-purpose computing engines make more capable controllers available for CNC systems.
It is a fact of life that the needs of general-purpose-computing drive microprocessor trends. Simple semiconductor-fabrication economics makes mass-marketable designs very inexpensive, while making designs aimed at smaller market segments, such as CNC, cost prohibitive.
"Advances in technology help all technologies in a general way," says Paul Nickelsberg, president and chief technical officer at Orchid Technologies Engineering and Consulting Inc. ...