NASA May 12, 2026 • 15:08

Hello Universe: NASA’s Next-Gen Space Processor Undergoes Testing - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (.gov)

As part of a commercial partnership, the project is developing a sophisticated chip that will give spacecraft the processing capabilities to think for themselves.

The centerpiece of the High Performance Spaceflight Computing project is a new radiation-hardened, high-performance processor, designed to provide up to 100 times the computational capacity of curren… [+4085 chars]

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Hello Universe: NASA’s Next-Gen Space Processor Undergoes Testing - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (.gov)

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