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View article: Proton Evaluation of Single Event Effects in the NVIDIA GPU Orin SoM: Understanding Radiation Vulnerabilities Beyond the SoC
Proton Evaluation of Single Event Effects in the NVIDIA GPU Orin SoM: Understanding Radiation Vulnerabilities Beyond the SoC Open
In this paper, we investigate the single event effects under proton irradiation for the state-of-the-art embedded GPU NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX System-on-Module (SoM). Designed for deployment across safety critical domains and in particularly …
View article: Case-Study for Integration of COTS SoC Devices in Reliable Space Systems for On-Board Processing
Case-Study for Integration of COTS SoC Devices in Reliable Space Systems for On-Board Processing Open
Recent trends in Data Handling Systems (DHS) include increased data-rates, in-orbit reconfiguration and the introduction of advanced On-Board Processing (OBP) methods to extract actionable information on-board, with low latency. At the sam…
View article: Evaluating the Computational Capabilities of Embedded Multicore and GPU Platforms for On-Board Image Processing
Evaluating the Computational Capabilities of Embedded Multicore and GPU Platforms for On-Board Image Processing Open
On-board Image Processing is one of the most computationally intensive tasks performed in space payload processing. With the constant increase in the resolution of optical sensors, new powerful architectures are needed for their processing…
View article: Evaluation of the Multicore Performance Capabilities of the Next Generation Flight Computers
Evaluation of the Multicore Performance Capabilities of the Next Generation Flight Computers Open
Multicore architectures are currently under adoption in the aerospace domain, however their software remains single-threaded. In this paper we argue about the benefits offered by homogeneous parallel processing, both in terms of performanc…
View article: Acceleration of Synthetic Aperture Radar for On-board Space Systems
Acceleration of Synthetic Aperture Radar for On-board Space Systems Open
There is an increasing trend in modern space systems to move processing that until now was transmitted to ground for processing, on board the satellite. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is an example of such processing. However, such a compu…
View article: Space Shuttle: A Test Vehicle for the Reliability of the SkyWater 130nm PDK for Future Space Processors
Space Shuttle: A Test Vehicle for the Reliability of the SkyWater 130nm PDK for Future Space Processors Open
Recently the ASIC industry experiences a massive change with more and more small and medium businesses entering the custom ASIC development. This trend is fueled by the recent open hardware movement and relevant government and privately fu…
View article: Space Compression Algorithms Acceleration on Embedded Multi-core and GPU Platforms
Space Compression Algorithms Acceleration on Embedded Multi-core and GPU Platforms Open
Future space missions will require increased on-board computing power to process and compress massive amounts of data. Consequently, embedded multi-core and GPU platforms are considered, which have been shown beneficial for data processing…
View article: Sources of Single Event Effects in the NVIDIA Xavier SoC Family under Proton Irradiation
Sources of Single Event Effects in the NVIDIA Xavier SoC Family under Proton Irradiation Open
In this paper we characterise two embedded GPU devices from the NVIDIA Xavier family System-on-Chip (SoC) using a proton beam. We compare the NVIDIA Xavier NX and Industrial devices, that respectively target commercial and automotive appli…
View article: Functional and Timing Implications of Transient Faults in Critical Systems
Functional and Timing Implications of Transient Faults in Critical Systems Open
Embedded systems in critical domains, such as auto-motive, aviation, space domains, are often required to guarantee both functional and temporal correctness. Considering transient faults, fault analysis and mitigation approaches are implem…
View article: Functional and Timing Implications of Transient Faults in Critical Systems
Functional and Timing Implications of Transient Faults in Critical Systems Open
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View article: FPGA & VPU Co-Processing in Space Applications: Development and Testing with DSP/AI Benchmarks
FPGA & VPU Co-Processing in Space Applications: Development and Testing with DSP/AI Benchmarks Open
The advent of computationally demanding algorithms and high data rate instruments in new space applications pushes the space industry to explore disruptive solutions for on-board data processing. We examine heterogeneous computing architec…
View article: Survey of High-Performance Processors and FPGAs for On-Board Processing and Machine Learning Applications
Survey of High-Performance Processors and FPGAs for On-Board Processing and Machine Learning Applications Open
Over the last years there has been an accelerated increase in the requirements for On-Board Processing (OBP) for satellite on-board systems. These requirements include higher instrument data rates and the introduction of new techniques suc…
View article: OBPMark (On-Board Processing Benchmarks) – Open Source Computational Performance Benchmarks for Space Applications
OBPMark (On-Board Processing Benchmarks) – Open Source Computational Performance Benchmarks for Space Applications Open
Computational benchmarking of on-board processing performance for space applications has often been done in a case-to-case basis, taking into account only a small subset of devices and specific, often proprietary, applications, limiting do…
View article: GPU4S: Major Project Outcomes, Lessons Learnt and Way Forward
GPU4S: Major Project Outcomes, Lessons Learnt and Way Forward Open
Embedded GPUs have been identified from both private and government space agencies as promising hardware technologies to satisfy the increased needs of payload processing. The GPU4S (GPU for Space) project funded from the European Space Ag…
View article: An On-board Algorithm Implementation on an Embedded GPU: A Space Case Study
An On-board Algorithm Implementation on an Embedded GPU: A Space Case Study Open
On-board processing requirements of future space missions are constantly increasing, calling for new hardware than the traditional ones used in space. Embedded GPUs are an attractive candidate offering both high performance capabilities an…
View article: GPU4S: Embedded GPUs in Space
GPU4S: Embedded GPUs in Space Open
Following the same trend of automotive and avionics, the space domain is witnessing an increase in the on-board computing performance demands. This raise in performance needs comes from both control and payload parts of the spacecraft and …
View article: Front-end readout ASIC for charged particle counting with the RADEM instrument on the ESA JUICE mission
Front-end readout ASIC for charged particle counting with the RADEM instrument on the ESA JUICE mission Open
The detector readout for the Radiation-hard Electron Monitor (RADEM) aboard the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) uses a custom-made application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC, model: IDE3466) for the charge signal readout from silicon…
View article: Atmospheric Drag, Occultation ‘N’ Ionospheric Scintillation (ADONIS) mission proposal
Atmospheric Drag, Occultation ‘N’ Ionospheric Scintillation (ADONIS) mission proposal Open
The Atmospheric Drag, Occultation 'N' Ionospheric Scintillation mission (ADONIS) studies the dynamics of the terrestrial thermosphere and ionosphere in dependency of solar events over a full solar cycle in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The object…