ISS gets its own supercomputer

Stefan Mileschin · 15th August 2017, 13:19

HP’s teraflop is the floppiest sent into space

The International Space Station is about to receive the most powerful computer sent into space.

Presently, the main command computers that operate the space station use Intel i386 processors. It is not so important that they have to be the lastest chips because the station’s critical systems are monitored around the clock by ground-based flight controllers who can work in real time with the crew to fix any problems that arise.

But the next generation of “smart" spacecraft will need better computers because the lag time between earth and the spacecraft is going to get longer. So NASA and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) are taking the first step toward that by launching a "supercomputer" to the International Space Station.

http://fudzilla.com/news/44286-iss-g...-supercomputer

15th August 2017, 13:19	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,500	ISS gets its own supercomputer HP’s teraflop is the floppiest sent into space The International Space Station is about to receive the most powerful computer sent into space. Presently, the main command computers that operate the space station use Intel i386 processors. It is not so important that they have to be the lastest chips because the station’s critical systems are monitored around the clock by ground-based flight controllers who can work in real time with the crew to fix any problems that arise. But the next generation of “smart" spacecraft will need better computers because the lag time between earth and the spacecraft is going to get longer. So NASA and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) are taking the first step toward that by launching a "supercomputer" to the International Space Station. http://fudzilla.com/news/44286-iss-g...-supercomputer

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