Texas Instruments – Roumazeilles.net https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress Technology opinions and others Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:27:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 1 year ago, BP should have had this computer https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2011/04/20/1-year-ago-bp-should-have-had-this-computer/ https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2011/04/20/1-year-ago-bp-should-have-had-this-computer/#respond Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:00:53 +0000 https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/?p=4688 As a matter of fact, many years ago, Texas Instruments was proud of the computation power of its portable calculators explaining how easy it was to check whether or not there was a risk of explosion from over-pressure in an oil rig.

TI solution to BP problems

Precisely one year ago, BP should have followed this excellent advice and checked about the status of the Deepwater Horizon platform before it became an oil spill.

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