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Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Aitech is Revolutionizing Space Edge Processing and Computing with New S-A2300 AI Supercomputer
Compact AI Supercomputer Enables Advanced Image, Signal, and Edge Processing for Object Detection, Autonomous Operations, and Debris Identification in LEO CHATSWORTH, Calif., March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Aitech today announced a significant milestone in AI technology with the S-A2300 COTS AI supercomputer. Leveraging NVIDIA's GPGPU Orin architecture, the new groundbreaking AI supercomputer is specifically designed for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) missions and integrates exceptional computational power with advanced AI functionalities, promising to revolutionize data processing and analysis in the demanding conditions of outer space. Aitech is showcasing the new S-A2300 COTS AI supercomputer at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado in booth #612 from April 7-10. "This milestone changes the way today's space-based infrastructure uses AI to augment military defense, public safety initiatives, and scientific research," said Pratish Shah, general manager. "By harnessing the immense power of NVIDIA's Orin GPGPU technology, Aitech's new S-A2300 AI supercomputer enables space missions to operate smarter, faster, and more sustainably than ever before." Designed with NVIDIA's advanced Orin architecture at its core, the S-A2300 AI supercomputer is engineered to address the unique needs of LEO operations. From real-time image processing and autonomous navigation to advanced climate monitoring and space debris tracking, the system's exceptional performance offers unmatched potential for innovation and efficiency in space technology. The S-A2300 provides up to 2048 CUDA cores and 64 Tensor cores that reach up to 248 TOPS. The system also features two scalable, highly configurable, dedicated NVDLA (NVIDIA Deep-Learning Accelerator) engines that simplify integration and portability, as well as promote a standard way to design deep learning inference accelerators. Key features of the S-A2300 AI supercomputer include: High-Performance Computing (HPC): Accelerated data processing speeds with NVIDIA's cutting-edge AI and deep learning technologies Small Form Factor Size: Designed for use on 6U Cubesats or larger satellite or payload platforms Radiation Tolerant for LEO use: The watchdog and Error Detection and Correction (EDAC) mechanisms are implemented for Single Event Effect (SEE) mitigation; radiation-tolerant and automotive-grade components are selected to ensure reliable operation in LEO environment Power and Performance Flexible: Supports multiple power and performance options to meet a broad range of power and mission needs Robust Durability: Designed to withstand harsh space environments, including extreme temperatures and radiation Adaptability: Seamlessly integrates with multiple mission profiles, from Earth observation to scientific research and satellite operations The S-A2300 adds to Aitech's AI-enabled space computer offerings, including the proven S-A1760 Venus™ with NVIDIA Jetson TX2i SoM. The S-A2300 will be available in Q3 2025 for mission development and ready for NEO and LEO flight by Q1 2026. Radiation test reports of total ionizing dose (TID) and proton SEE for the S-A2300 will be available on request in Q3 2025. For more information, visit About Aitech:Leveraging four decades of experience providing reliable, rugged embedded systems for use in military, aerospace, and space platforms, Aitech is the world's first independent, open systems architecture, COTS/MOTS innovator offering customized boards as building blocks for integrated computing and networking subsystems. Offering customization services for rugged and severe environment military, aerospace, and space applications, Aitech delivers mission-optimized and proven system solutions across Sea, Land, Air, and Space domains. Aitech solutions are used by industry leaders like Airbus, BAE Systems, Boeing, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T), Leonardo, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Northrop Grumman, Rafael, and Virgin Galactic. Aitech is supporting a better tomorrow with highly reliable, cost-effective, and proven rugged embedded solutions designed to meet your mission and platform requirements. For more information, please visit View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Aitech Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Aitech Powers the Future of Space Missions with New Radiation-Tolerant 3U OpenVPX SP1 Single-Board Computer
New High-Performance SP1 Quad Core Processor Joins Aitech Family of Space-Rated Single-Board Computers CHATSWORTH, Calif., March 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Aitech, a leading provider of rugged embedded systems for use in military, aerospace and space platforms, announced the 3U OpenVPX SP1, a space-rated single-board computer (SBC) engineered for high-performance space missions, including low earth orbit (LEO), geostationary orbit (GEO), lunar and deep space missions. The SP1 is designed to be used in multiple spacecraft and payload systems to improve orbit computation and meet the growing needs for edge processing and analysis and on-board computing. With a wide range of I/Os, a powerful on-board processor, and a high-performance configurable FPGA that enables mission flexibility, the SP1 delivers mission-critical reliability and adaptability essential for space applications. "The space market is rapidly evolving, and next generation, more powerful SBCs are essential in enabling multi-core high performance supporting increasingly complex missions," said John White, Space Solutions Director, Aitech. "Aitech's SP1 is indispensable in the space market by providing efficient and reliable computing solutions for Earth observation, communications, Command and Data Handling (C&DH), robotic applications with vision processing, power distribution and management, and signal processing and analysis, from LEO to lunar and deep space missions." The SP1 is designed and built for applications that require extensive data processing and high bandwidth, making it critical for next-generation missions, including: Autonomous Space Maintenance, Operations and Flights: As part of a digital backbone, the powerful and configurable SP1 supports a variety of autonomous operations, reducing reliance on ground-based decision-making and enabling spacecraft to perform real-time decision-making and maneuvering through integrated AI/ML algorithms. Debris Avoidance and Situational Awareness: With thousands of space debris, big and small, tracking in Earth's orbit, collisions with all forms of space debris can cause catastrophic damage. Providing enhanced computational capabilities to detect and evade space debris, the SP1's high-speed processing improves situational awareness, dynamic trajectory predictions, and autonomous collision avoidance to ensure long-term sustainability at all orbit levels. Multiple Payload Hosting and Control: The SP1 leverages OpenVPX and increased I/O bandwidth for future space systems, allowing it to provide flexibility for different sensors, payloads and digital backbone architectures including, Gigabit Ethernet, GPIO, UART Serial, USB 2.0, SpaceWire, SpaceFibre, CANbus, and SPI with an onboard FPGA and PMC connector to provide additional I/Os. The SP1 I/Os can be supplemented with peripheral boards that will provide stepper motor control, power control, high-speed camera interfaces, storage, and digital and analog IO. Aitech offers the SP1 with electronic reliability to meet orbit and mission needs with different levels of EEE parts from LEO to deep space and every critical mission from unmanned to human safety critical space missions. The SP1's four 1.8 GHz 64-bit ARM vortex-A72 cores can achieve 44,000 CoreMarks of performance and utilize ECC equipped DDR4 memory to enhance capacity and reduce bandwidth usage by processing data locally and sending only essential information. The SP1 will be fully radiation-tested and characterized to 100 krad (Si) and provide latch-up immunity to 67 MeV-cm2/mg in an ISS orbit. Technology Highlights: Radiation characterized to 100 krad (Si) for LEO/GEO and lunar space missions Four 1.8 GHz 64-bit ARM Cortex-A72 cores of processing power Variety of I/O provides flexibility for different sensors, payloads and digital backbone Multiple NASA EEE-INST-002 reliability levels available for mission and orbit needs More about the Aitech SP Family: The Aitech SP family of SBCs includes the mission-proven SP0-S single-core SBC and the new SP1 quad-core processor SBC, representing the broadest family of computing performance and capabilities designed to meet performance requirements for all space mission needs. The SP1 development boards will be available for delivery in Q4 2025. For more information, please call 888-Aitech-8 (888-248-3248), visit or e-mail sales@ Get our updates: About Aitech Leveraging four decades of experience providing reliable, rugged embedded systems for use in military, aerospace, and space platforms, Aitech is the world's first independent, open systems architecture, COTS/MOTS innovator offering customized boards as building blocks for integrated computing and networking subsystems. Offering customization services for rugged and severe environment military, aerospace, and space applications, Aitech delivers mission-optimized and proven system solutions across Sea, Land, Air, and Space domains. Aitech solutions are used by industry leaders like Airbus, BAE Systems, Boeing, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T), Leonardo, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Northrop Grumman, Rafael, and Virgin Galactic. Aitech is supporting a better tomorrow with highly reliable, cost-effective, and proven rugged embedded solutions designed to meet your mission and platform requirements. For more information, please visit View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Aitech
Associated Press
05-03-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Aitech Plays a Key Role in Intuitive Machines IM-2 Mission to Deliver Infrastructure Assets to the Lunar Surface
Space-Proven System-Level Solutions Enhance Communication and Data Processing for IM-2 Mission Focused on Human Missions and Sustainable Presence on Lunar Surface CHATSWORTH, Calif., March 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Aitech, a leading provider of rugged embedded systems for use in military aerospace and space platforms, today announced it provided the avionics computer system in support of the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission to the Moon's south pole region. The mission is sending its Nova-C class lunar lander, Athena, to test technologies and collect data to enable future exploration. IM-2 is set to demonstrate lunar mobility, resource prospecting, and analysis of volatile substances from subsurface materials—a key component for establishing a sustainable infrastructure on the lunar surface and in space. Intuitive Machines aims to provide the diverse space services required to commercialize the Solar System, starting with the Moon. The Houston-based company used Aitech's space-rated computing system to help facilitate critical data processing for Intuitive Machines' lunar lander. Athena incorporates enhancements including the integration of lidar technology and advanced autonomous landing through machine learning and artificial intelligence enabled through Aitech's space-rated computing. The IM-2 mission is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, helping lay the foundation for human missions and a sustainable human presence on the lunar surface. 'With trillions of miles flown in space successfully, Aitech has supported the most demanding space applications,' said Ralph Grundler, space director of Aitech. 'We are proud to take part in the IM-2 mission to support its objectives, yet another proof point for Aitech's rugged space system solutions that provide reliable performance for the most unforgiving environments.' The space-rated system developed by Aitech includes its SP0-S space-rated single board computer, S740 radiation tolerant communications PMC board, and S730, a rugged space-rated SpaceWire card. Aitech provided the complete conduction-cooled hardware for the Nova-C avionics system for use as both a payload controller and image data processor. Intuitive Machines utilized this dual SP0-S setup to respectively run both VxWorks RTOS and Linux to execute its time-critical software while processing video data streams down to a NAND flash storage module. This unique dual SBC system leverages RS-422, SpaceWire cameras, and NAND flash storage in an all-in-one space-rated avionics system. 'A reliable, space-rated computing system plays a vital role in supporting critical data processing aboard Athena for the IM-2 mission,' said Intuitive Machines Senior Vice President of Space Systems, Trent Martin. 'Aitech's advanced computing solutions offer the space-proven performance needed to help enable reliable communications and mission success, contributing to the delivery of critical infrastructure assets to the Moon's surface and paving the way for future exploration.' More about the Aitech Space-Rated System and IM-2 A key objective of IM-2 is the deployment of NASA's TRIDENT Drill and MSolo mass spectrometer to probe up to 1 meter beneath the lunar surface, demonstrating the technology needed to detect life-sustaining volatiles like water and CO2. Additionally, the mission introduces innovative mobility capabilities with Intuitive Machines' Micro Nova Hopper, named Grace, enabling up to 2 kilometers of traversal from the lander, capture detailed surface imagery and crater exploration. Supporting the overall IM-2 mission deliverables, Aitech's space-rated system includes the SP0-S, a radiation-tolerant 3U CompactPCI SBC developed to handle high-performance processing and enhanced memory storage in orbit. In addition, Aitech's SP0-S architecture supports up to seven additional cards on the CompactPCI backplane providing clock, arbitration, and interrupt servicing, including additional SP0-S SBCs as peripheral processors, as implemented on Athena. The system for IM-2 also features Aitech's S740 rad tolerant communications conduction-cooled PCI mezzanine card (PMC) designed with 16 input and 16 output differential channels of RS-422 and utilizes the onboard FPGA logic to interface to external spacecraft sensors and devices for the mission. To reduce bottlenecks as information is collected via detailed surface imaging, the S740 is designed with a protected onboard PCI Bus DMA controller for input and output data packet buffering. Rounding out the computing requirements, Aitech's rad tolerant S730 SpaceWire PMC Card offers three SpaceWire ports with initiator and target capability and has provisions to add on RS422 serial interfaces and 32 GPIOs for complete system communication. About Aitech Leveraging four decades of experience providing reliable, rugged embedded systems for use in military, aerospace, and space platforms, Aitech is the world's first independent, open systems architecture, COTS/MOTS innovator offering customized boards as building blocks for integrated computing and networking subsystems. Offering customization services for rugged and severe environment military, aerospace, and space applications, Aitech delivers mission-optimized and proven system solutions across Sea, Land, Air, and Space domains. Aitech solutions are used by industry leaders like Airbus, BAE Systems, Boeing, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T), Leonardo, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Northrop Grumman, Rafael, and Virgin Galactic.
