$50 million contract for a next-generation processor for use in space has been awarded to Microchip Technology...

[Jan Panteltje]

$50 million contract for a next-generation processor for use in space has been awarded to Microchip Technology
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nasa-space-computer-contract

Space PICs ?

 

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On Thursday, 18 August 2022 at 13:16:44 UTC+2, Jan Panteltje wrote:

$50 million contract for a next-generation processor for use in space has been awarded to Microchip Technology
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nasa-space-computer-contract

Space PICs ?

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[Martin Rid]

Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> Wrote in message:r
> $50 million contract for a next-generation processor for use in space has been awarded to Microchip Technology https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nasa-space-computer-contractSpace PICs ?

PIC18F02 ??

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[Jan Panteltje]

On a sunny day (Thu, 18 Aug 2022 12:00:38 -0400 (EDT)) it happened Martin Rid
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Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> Wrote in message:r
$50 million contract for a next-generation processor for use in space has been awarded to Microchip Technology
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nasa-space-computer-contract
Space PICs ?

PIC18F02 ??

I like PIC micros, using 18F14K22 in many projects:
http://panteltje.com/panteltje/pic/index.html

Those PICs are probably more powerful than what Apollo used to the moon and back as computer.

And NASA wants to go to Mars.. so.. bit of math sine lookup table (used that too in that PIC)

But the article is talking about something more powerful...

Too bad US will have to pay landing rights to China when it gets there..
the speed NASA moves... And Elon out, busy selling SpaceX shares to buy Twitter ..

 

[Martin Rid]

Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> Wrote in message:r
> On a sunny day (Thu, 18 Aug 2022 12:00:38 -0400 (EDT)) it happened Martin Rid<martin_riddle@verison.net> wrote in <tdlnnf$13ihn$1@dont-email.me>:>Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> Wrote in message:r>> $50 million contract for a next-generation processor for use in space has been awarded to Microchip Technology >> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nasa-space-computer-contract>>Space PICs ?>>PIC18F02 ??I like PIC micros, using 18F14K22 in many projects: http://panteltje.com/panteltje/pic/index.htmlThose PICs are probably more powerful than what Apollo used to the moon and back as computer.And NASA wants to go to Mars.. so.. bit of math sine lookup table (used that too in that PIC)But the article is talking about something more powerful...Too bad US will have to pay landing rights to China when it gets there..the speed NASA moves... And Elon out, busy selling SpaceX shares to buy Twitter ..

I find the pic\'s clunky to work with. Why would you design a crc
flash memory scanner that only accepts words, when the standard
ccitt crc is by byte.
ARM\'s on the other hand are a joy.
If I had a choice, I\'d send the ARM onto space.
And what is exactly in the rovers?

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On Friday, August 19, 2022 at 10:48:12 AM UTC-7, Martin Rid wrote:

Jan Panteltje <pNaonSt...@yahoo.com> Wrote in message:r
On a sunny day (Thu, 18 Aug 2022 12:00:38 -0400 (EDT)) it happened Martin Rid<martin...@verison.net> wrote in <tdlnnf$13ihn$1...@dont-email.me>:>Jan Panteltje <pNaonSt...@yahoo.com> Wrote in message:r>> $50 million contract for a next-generation processor for use in space has been awarded to Microchip Technology >> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nasa-space-computer-contract>>Space PICs ?>>PIC18F02 ??I like PIC micros, using 18F14K22 in many projects: http://panteltje.com/panteltje/pic/index.htmlThose PICs are probably more powerful than what Apollo used to the moon and back as computer.And NASA wants to go to Mars.. so.. bit of math sine lookup table (used that too in that PIC)But the article is talking about something more powerful....Too bad US will have to pay landing rights to China when it gets there..the speed NASA moves... And Elon out, busy selling SpaceX shares to buy Twitter ..

I find the pic\'s clunky to work with. Why would you design a crc
flash memory scanner that only accepts words, when the standard
ccitt crc is by byte.
ARM\'s on the other hand are a joy.
If I had a choice, I\'d send the ARM onto space.

If you follow Microchip closely, they are already heading into PIC32CM (Cortex ARM based).

> And what is exactly in the rovers?

\"Radiation-hardened central processor with PowerPC 750 Architecture: a BAE RAD 750
Operates at up to 200 megahertz speed, 10 times the speed in Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity\'s computers\"

https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/spacecraft/rover/brains/