NASA is developing a powerful new computer chip that could dramatically change how future spacecraft operate in deep space. Created through a commercial partnership, the advanced processor is designed to give spacecraft the ability to process information far more quickly and even make certain decisions independently during missions far from Earth...
At the heart of the project is a radiation-hardened processor built to deliver up to 100 times more computing power than current spaceflight computers while surviving the severe conditions found in space. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California have been conducting extensive tests to simulate those environments.
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