Post by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA is testing a new radiation-hardened, high-performance processor that could enable future spacecraft to “think” for themselves. So far, testing indicates the processor is working as designed and operating at 500 times the performance of chips currently in use. The processor is being developed as part of a commercial partnership between JPL and Microchip Technology, Inc. Samples have been provided to early access partners in the broader defense and commercial aerospace industry. The technology will enable autonomous spacecraft to use artificial intelligence to respond in real time to complex situations and environments where human input isn’t possible. It will help deep space missions analyze, store, and transmit troves of data to Earth, accelerating the rate of science discoveries. It could also support future human missions to the Moon and Mars. The project is managed by the Space Technology Mission Directorate’s Game Changing Development (GCD) program based at NASA Langley Research Center. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gDwbAs2d