
electronics - What makes Insight's RAD750 processor so radiation ...
Mar 2, 2021 · The RAD750 comes in two versions: "rad-tolerant" and "rad-hardened". According to a quote in this question, InSight used the rad-hardened version. BAE (the manufacturer of …
Rad-Hard vs Space-Hard computing
Mar 5, 2021 · Radiation hardened CPUs like RAD750 are radiation hardened for up to 1000 gray. Cool.But, as CPUs have advanced way ahead their mechanical counterparts in miniaturization …
What CPU does China's Zhurong rover use?
Jun 23, 2021 · The Curiosity and Perseverance rovers, and the InSight lander, all use the BAE RAD750 processor. The Ingenuity helicopter uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor. …
nasa - What kind of hardware and software does the James Webb …
Jul 15, 2022 · The widely-used RAD750 is kinda-sorta like a PowerPC, but compared to a 1998 PowerPC (which was desktop state of the practice 24 years ago, not even state of the art), a …
Are there already spacecraft equipped with RAD5500 processors?
Sep 10, 2022 · Just stumbled across RAD750s successor, the RAD5500. Are there already spacecraft using this Chip, or are there plans for this chip? Looks pretty new!
Who built Juno's chipsets? - Space Exploration Stack Exchange
The RAD750 is a radiation-hardened single board computer manufactured by BAE Systems Electronics, Intelligence & Support. The successor of the RAD6000, the RAD750 is for use in …
Newest 'radiation-hardening' Questions - Space Exploration Stack …
Sep 10, 2022 · What makes Insight's RAD750 processor so radiation resistant? (compared to 1998 iMac's PowerPC 750) Gizmodo's A 1990s iMac Processor Powers NASA’s …
radiation - What shielding would be required to use commercial ...
The processing power in current exploration rovers like the MER's RAD6000 (20Mhz) and Curiosity's RAD750 (200Mhz) is far below anything you would find in any mobile phone today. …
james webb telescope - Space Exploration Stack Exchange
Apr 29, 2020 · The JWST uses one RAD750 clocked at 118 MHz which is based on the PowerPC 750. Not sure if JWST uses the 3U or 6U version. Below is the CPU architecture for the 6U …
Why are spacecraft computers obsolete at launch?
However, the chip that was used, the RAD750, has years of experiments and usage behind it, such as being used in a variety of spacecraft including: Deep Impact comet chasing …