Sometimes some things just need repeating when we know that AKIDA according to SiFive is a natural choice for the Ai extension to the X280 Intelligence Series and NASA is an EAP and excited by AKIDA technology which is COTS IP:
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RISC-V’s viability over popular ISAs like
x86 and
Arm is once again demonstrated as premier RISC-V chipmaker SiFive has just been selected by NASA to provide the next High-Performance Spaceflight Computing processors. The next gen RISC-V-based processing units are expected to be utilized in all future space missions, including the upcoming Artemis II Moon mission scheduled for 2024. At the heart of the new HPSC processor lie a SiFive Intelligence X280 chip with eight RISC-V vector cores, plus an additional four general purpose cores, which together are estimated to deliver 100x the computational capability of current space module computers.
SiFive specifies that the new X280 chip comes with vector extensions as well as Intelligence extensions optimized for
AI / ML edge computing. Since outer space missions need to rely on constrained power supplies, the X280 RISC-V cores are ideal for applications that make use of high-throughput single-thread performance with minimal power drain. Compared to existing competitive CPU solutions, the SiFive X280 is said to deliver several orders of magnitude improved performance, especially for scientific and space workloads.
NASA chose the open source RISC-V architecture in order to allow the broad academic and scientific software development community to contribute with improved applications, algorithms and optimized math functions, filters, neural net libraries and other related code. Furthermore, the HPSC processor could be easily repurposed for other applications including industrial automation, edge computing, ratification intelligence and aerospace flights.”
The upcoming High-Performance Spaceflight Computing processors that will power NASA's future space missions are designed around SiFive's 8-core Intelligences X280 SoCs plus 4 more general purpose cores. These processors are said to be 100x faster than the ones powering current spacecraft.
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