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@ 2022/09/09NASA taps SiFive and Microchip for its High-Performance Spaceflight Computer (HPSC)
SiFive has announced that its RISC-V-compatible CPU cores will be the backbone of NASA's new High-Performance Spaceflight Computer (HPSC). The new chip will be developed under a three-year contract between NASA and SiFive and Microchip.
The new HPSC processor and the computer system aim to replace the PowerPC-based BAE RAD750, a system developed more than two decades ago and was a key part of Curiosity and Perseverance rovers as well as the James Web Space Telescope.
SiFive has announced that its RISC-V-compatible CPU cores will be the backbone of NASA's new High-Performance Spaceflight Computer (HPSC). The new chip will be developed under a three-year contract between NASA and SiFive and Microchip.
The new HPSC processor and the computer system aim to replace the PowerPC-based BAE RAD750, a system developed more than two decades ago and was a key part of Curiosity and Perseverance rovers as well as the James Web Space Telescope.
