Tag: FPGAs
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Frontgrade Introduces Industry’s Highest Density 18 GB DDR4 Memory for Spacecraft Applications
Frontgrade Technologies, a leading provider of mission-critical electronics for aerospace and defense, has developed the industry’s highest-density 18 GB DDR4 memory for satellites and spacecraft. Prototypes are now shipping to customers. Frontgrade’s DDR4 memory is the first to be engineered to enable individual reset signals to each die, thus mitigating the impact of single event…
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Holt Introduces Radiation-Hardened HI-1592 Dual Transceiver for High-Reliability Space Applications
Holt Integrated Circuits announced the introduction of HI-1592, a radiation-hardened 3.3V MIL-STD-1553 dual transceiver for high reliability and space applications. Holt has been a supplier of MIL-STD-1553 IP, protocol, transceiver, and transformer components to the military and aerospace industries for over 20 years and this new product offering provides additional robustness for demanding Hi-Rel applications…
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Renesas Unveils Power Management Solution for AMD’s Space-Grade Versal AI Edge Adaptive SoC
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced a complete space-ready reference design for the AMD Versal AI Edge XQRVE2302 Adaptive SOC. Developed in collaboration with AMD, the ISLVERSALDEMO3Z power management reference design integrates key space-grade components for power management. It targets the cost-effective AI Edge with both rad-hard & rad-tolerant plastic…
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Teledyne e2v’s 8 GB DDR4 Memory Chip Achieves Successful Space Qualification
Teledyne e2v announced the successful Space qualification of its 8 GB space DDR4 memory as part of its edge compute solutions for space. This announcement marks the conclusion of Teledyne e2v’s DDR4 initial qualification. These include all the upscreening activities (temperature cycling, construction analysis, C-SAM / confocal scanning acoustic microscopy, preconditioning, Temperature Humidity Bias, …)…
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Microchip Launches New 64-bit HPSC Microprocessor Family for Autonomous Space Computing
The world has changed dramatically in the two decades since the debut of what was then considered a trail-blazing space-grade processor used in NASA missions such as the comet-chasing Deep Impact spacecraft and Mars Curiosity rover vehicle. A report released by the World Economic Forum estimated that the space hardware and the space service industry…
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Frontgrade Gaisler to Design RISC-V Processor for Space Applications Under ESA Contract
Under a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA), Frontgrade Gaisler is designing a new RISC-V processor tailored to meet the requirements of microcontrollers for the space industry. As an open instruction set architecture (ISA), RISC-V’s inherent configurability and efficiency provide the ideal foundation to drive innovation forward in critical sectors of the space computing…
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Microchip Technology Launches New 50 W DC-DC Power Converters for New Space Applications
The Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) market is rapidly growing as private and public entities alike explore the new space region for everything from 5G communication and cube satellites to IoT applications. There is an increased demand for standard space-grade solutions that are reliable, cost-effective, and configurable. To meet this market need, Microchip Technology announced a new…
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QuickLogic Partners with ZES to Develop eFPGA IP for Commercial Space Applications
QuickLogic Corporation, a developer of embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP, ruggedized FPGAs, and Endpoint AI/ML solutions, announced a strategic partnership with Zero-Error Systems America (ZES), a leading provider of radiation-hardened-by-design (RHBD) semiconductor solutions and intellectual property (IP). This partnership enables the creation of radiation-tolerant eFPGA IP for commercial space applications, targeting ASICs and SoCs that require…
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AMD’s New Versal AI Edge Adaptive SoC Accelerates AI Inferencing for Space Applications
AMD is extending its leadership in radiation-tolerant, space-grade adaptive compute solutions with the announcement of the Versal AI Edge XQRVE2302, the second device in the Versal adaptive SoC portfolio to be qualified for space flight. The XQRVE2302 is the first time we’ve offered an adaptive SoC for space applications in such a small form factor…
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Renesas Develops Space-Ready Power Management Solution for AMD Versal Adaptive SoC
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced a complete space-ready reference design for the AMD Versal adaptive system-on-chip (SoC) XQRVC1902. Developed in collaboration with AMD, the ISLVERSALDEMO2Z reference design integrates key radiation-hardened components for power management, including four new and recently released products in an ultra-compact design. These Intersil-brand ICs are…