They're in the process of moving away from Intel/AMD chips in all government machines now that their domestic alternatives (namely LoongArch) have gotten to a state where they're good enough for most day to day tasks. I give it some time, but I wouldn't doubt them requiring a similar move away from these chips in extremely crucial settings like this.
Making industrial computers on windows is baffling though, they use arcane serial protocols anyway, you create software from scratch on installations, so why not do linux
You'd be shocked how many factories are running on some ancient version of Windows XP in general. While it's baffling to those of us that don't use Windows for coding, the vast majority of software development still happens in Microsoft land.
I assume a lot of the machinery itself does run on some flavor of Linux (or maybe even some real-time operating system like VxWorks) that has been stripped down for embedded use, Windows just wouldn't run on this kind of hardware. I imagine this desktop is (as you can kind of see in the photo) just a display that sits in an office and serves as an overview of the machines, display warnings, and all that kind of stuff. Though, since it seems to just be a website, I'm not sure why they also wouldn't use Linux in this scenario either and set it up in a POS (point-of-sale) fashion where all it can do is display that website and nothing else. Maybe they also use them for general office work as well? Who knows.
They're in the process of moving away from Intel/AMD chips in all government machines now that their domestic alternatives (namely LoongArch) have gotten to a state where they're good enough for most day to day tasks. I give it some time, but I wouldn't doubt them requiring a similar move away from these chips in extremely crucial settings like this.
Making industrial computers on windows is baffling though, they use arcane serial protocols anyway, you create software from scratch on installations, so why not do linux
You'd be shocked how many factories are running on some ancient version of Windows XP in general. While it's baffling to those of us that don't use Windows for coding, the vast majority of software development still happens in Microsoft land.
So much hospital hardware and banking stuff runs on ancient windows
Embrace tradition: retvrn to punch cards.
I assume a lot of the machinery itself does run on some flavor of Linux (or maybe even some real-time operating system like VxWorks) that has been stripped down for embedded use, Windows just wouldn't run on this kind of hardware. I imagine this desktop is (as you can kind of see in the photo) just a display that sits in an office and serves as an overview of the machines, display warnings, and all that kind of stuff. Though, since it seems to just be a website, I'm not sure why they also wouldn't use Linux in this scenario either and set it up in a POS (point-of-sale) fashion where all it can do is display that website and nothing else. Maybe they also use them for general office work as well? Who knows.