NASA partners with Microchip to build next-generation spaceflight chips with 100x the power of current offerings — chip designed to withstand radiation for extended missions on the Moon and Mars
NASA has partnered with Microchip Technology to develop advanced System-on-a-Chip (SoC) processors for spaceflight, aiming for 100 times the computing power of current offerings. These chips will be radiation-hardened for deep-space missions to the Moon and Mars, and radiation-tolerant for Earth orbit satellites. The project, High-Performance Spaceflight Computing, also anticipates Earth-bound applications in areas like AI and medical equipment, leveraging the reliability and scalability developed for space. AI
IMPACT Potential for AI applications on Earth and in space, leveraging advanced computing for analysis and decision-making.