A reminder of VORAGO and the space environment. A good post by SammyJB back in Hot Crapper daysz.
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SammyJB -
These were the goals of Phase 1 via Vorago.
Phase I is the first step towards creating radiation-hardened Edge AI capability. We plan to use the Akida Neural Processor architecture and, in Phase I, will:
- Understand the operation of Brainchip’s IP
- Understand 28nm instantiation of that IP (Akida)
- Evaluate radiation vulnerability of different parts of the IP through the Akida Development Environment
- Define architecture of target IC
- Define how HARDSIL® will be used to harden each chosen IP block
- Choose a target CMOS node (likely 28nm) and create a plan to design and fabricate the IC in that node, including defining the HARDSIL® process modules for this baseline process
- Define the radiation testing plan to establish the radiation robustness of the IC
Successfully accomplishing these objectives:
- Establishes the feasibility of creating a useful, radiation-hardened product IC with embedded NPU and already-existing supporting software ecosystem to allow rapid adoption and productive use within NASA and the Space community.
- Creates the basis for an executable Phase II proposal and path towards fabrication of the processor.
Could it be possible that the above goals were all achieved within budget and we simply leap frog phase 2 straight to phase 3? Can't see why that might not be the case.... as uiux said, the focus area we were included in last time isn't included in the list today which could back this theory up.
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How far along have we come since this post I wonder?
Yak52.