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News Release from: Gaisler Research
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 12 June 2006
Order received for satellite computer
The newly developed LEON3-FT CPU will be implemented in the onboard computer, a core satellite component.
The Taiwanese National Space Organisation (NSPO) announced earlier this year that the on-board computer for the Argo satellite will be based on the LEON3-FT fault-tolerant processor implemented in a radiation-tolerant Actel RTAX2000S FPGA Gaisler Research has now received the order for the LEON3-FT-RTAX design from ACER, who is designing the onboard computer for the satellite
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 13 Sep 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Fault tolerant processor fits space-qualified FPGA
Gaisler Research has launched the Leon3 processor as a standard component using the space qualified and radiation tolerant Actel RTAX2000S FPGA.
"This announcement shows that our LEON3-FT-RTAX product offering is gaining acceptance in the space industry".
"We are in discussions with several more companies and organisations that are considering using LEON3-FT-RTAX in their space missions", says Per Danielsson the CEO of Gaisler Research.
Argo is the first Taiwan-made satellite totally planned and designed by the National Space Organisation (NSPO).
NSPO is fully accountable for the spacecraft design, development, simulation, analysis, integration, and test activities in all aspects.
The newly developed LEON3-FT CPU will be implemented in the onboard computer, a core satellite component.
This is the first advanced satellite that uses this new LEON3-FT CPU associated with all the key components and software for the satellite power, data and command processing, and flight control.
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