NANOhpc-obc - High performance fault-tolerant OBC with AI@Edge support

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Overview

The NANOhpc-obc is a designed for most demanding LEO applications with very high-performance needs, featuring fault tolerant 64-bit high-performance multicore RISC-V cluster enhanced with Artificial Intelligence (AI) accelerators such as Intel® Movidius™ and MicorChip VectorBlox™. This offers a superior AI embedded computer solution for the most challenging applications, that does not take radiation resistance as an option.

The product is capable of meet the demands for applications which are targeting the most challenging key market opportunities like AI@Edge (Intel® Movidius™ and MicorChip VectorBlox™ Ready); situational awareness, and cybersecurity.

It has best-in-class performance-to-power ratio at this scale delivering 6.5k Coremarks @ 1.3 W and 3.125 CoreMarks/MHz and 1.714 DMIPS/MHz at maximum frequency of 600 MHz / core. With a rich set of embedded peripherals and a coherent multicore CPU cluster allowing a versatile mix of deterministic Real Time Systems (RTEMS) and Linux, the fault-tolerant NANOhpc-obc is ideally suited for power-efficient embedded computing in a wide range of applications.

KEY FEATURES

• Main CPU cluster: 4x RISC-V 64-bit processors @ max 600 MHz
• Matrix Coprocessor: Single/Multi Arithmetic Accelerator for elementwise Tensor operations
• Supervisor: RISC-V monitoring core @ max 600 MHz
• Memory subsystem: 64kB L1 and 2MB L2 memory (SECDED protected) MMU with Physical memory protection
• Main memory: 2 GB LPDDR4
• Mass storage: 128GB NAND Flash (SECDED protected)
• TM storage: 256 kB MRAM with SECDED
• nterfaces: redundant CAN, dual redundant LVDS, redundant 1Gb Ethernet
• Extension interface: PCIe Gen2 X4/X2 Root Port, SMBus, GPIOs
• Software: Linux (Yocto, BuildRoot), RTOS

64-bit multicore RISC-V architecture

Designed for demanding LEO applications, targeting key markets:
• like AI@Edge,
• situational awareness,
• and cybersecurity.

High performance: 6.5k Coremarks @ 1.3 W, 3.125 CoreMarks/MHz, and 1.714 DMIPS/MHz at a max frequency of 600 MHz.

Linux and real-time OS support.

Best-in-class performance-to-power ratio.

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Overview

Name: NANOhpc-obc - High performance fault-tolerant OBC with AI@Edge support
Vendor: SkyLabs
Subsystem: CDH Subsystem
Component Type: On-Board Computer
Form Factor: CubeSat
Heritage: N/A

Vendor Details

Name: SkyLabs
Website: https://www.skylabs.si/
Founded: 2016
Summary: SkyLabs is a space-technology oriented company providing miniaturized on-board data handling solutions and innovative approach to space engineering. Our primary focus is on high-tech, tailor-made solution development, including fault-tolerant hardware and software development, digital signal processing, radiation-hardened-by-design IP core development, fast prototyping, and space/ground segment communication. We are a vibrant team of electrical, mechanical and computing engineers and scientists providing services and technology solutions for the most demanding terrestrial and aerospace applications. By following the latest technology trends we provide innovative solutions with a proactive and creative design approach. Expertise & Competences • Awareness of harsh space radiation environment effect. • RT electronics, FT IP cores and ASIC designs. • Hardware accelerated approach. • Fail safe software development. • RF systems and signal processing. • Mechanical structures and systems. NANOsky avionics • Highly miniaturized cost-efficient avionics with fault-tolerant features. • Radiation hardened by design. • Constant current monitoring and limiting. • SEE immunity. • Innovative error mitigation techniques. • Selective component technology with flight heritage. • Sophisticated three-level FDIR policy. • EDAC protected memories/registers. • Redundancy on all critical functions and thoughtful component selection ensure robustness, • High reliability and availability of the platform. • Compliant with NANOsky CMM™ Software Development Kit AI@Edge support Highly miniaturized cost-efficient avionics with fault-tolerant features. Implementation of superior AI embedded algorithms directly on sub-systems is enabling onboard data analysis, decision-making, and efficient utilization of resources. Solutions for the most demanding applications with very high-performance needs. skyEGSE solutions Turn-key EGSE solutions that enables faster “Time-to-Space”. Cost efficiency, compatibility with major ground station service providers and security features make this an ideal solution for constellation missions. Various options of advanced EGSE equipment and software are available.