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		HeyLaughingBoy on May 14, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Schneier on Security: Software Problems with a Bre... Computer Operating Properly interrupt: anyone else think this sounds like a National Semiconductor processor device? ISTR they had an interrupt labelled COP. When was the last decade National made a processor, anyway?

joe_bleau on May 14, 2009 [–]

Motorola called their watchdog module a COP in the 8 bit lines.

National still makes MPUs (http://www.national.com/appinfo/mcu/) and IP (http://www.national.com/analog/compactrisc/architecture)

I've never seen a natsemi micro in the wild, however.

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