NASA's New Space Processor Promises 100x Performance Leap
Why HPSC Is a Big Deal for Space Exploration
NASA's High Performance Spaceflight Computing (HPSC) project, built with Microchip Technology, aims to deliver over a hundredfold improvement in performance per watt over current space-qualified systems. This radiation-hardened, multi-core SoC enables onboard AI, high-speed networking, and autonomy, allowing spacecraft to make decisions independently and handle growing data volumes. Wind River discusses how HPSC, with its software ecosystem, could transform space exploration.
More than just a faster processor, HPSC is a step toward a future in which spacecraft can think for themselves.
- ccamrobertson
The PDF linked in the article provides much more information on the technical details: https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/hpsc-white-p...
- imoverclocked
> The PIC64-HPSC series has a built-in 240 Gbps, 16-port TSN Ethernet switch with Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) that uses the RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) version 2 standard
It seems like this is what the article is referencing. However, the ethernet embedded CPUs have "GigE" or even 10/100 capability. Why the need for 240 Gbps with 16 GigE ports? Are the ports 10G fiber capable and they are just future-proofing or is there something I missed with the time-slicing and RDMA?
- d_silin
Intel is also interested in this market.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/content-details/9234...