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News Release from: Gaisler Research
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 16 March 2006
Fault tolerant processor set for Prisma
satellite
Gaisler Research and the Swedish Space Corporation have signed a licence agreement for the use of the fault tolerant Leon3 processor in the Prisma satellite.
Gaisler Research and the Swedish Space Corporation have signed a licence agreement for the use of the fault tolerant Leon3 processor in the Prisma satellite The high performing 32bit Leon3 processor will be used for the onboard data handling system for the Prisma satellite, a rendezvous and formation flying mission
The onboard computer is based on the fault tolerant Leon3 in an Actel RTAX2000 FPGA.
"We are proud to announce this agreement as this will be the first flight of the Leon3-FT in an Actel RTAX FPGA", says Sandi Habinc, System Design Manager at Gaisler Research.
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