NASA Spends $50 Million to Develop Next-Gen Processor for Space Exploration - ExtremeTech

NASA expects the new chip, which will be used in future lunar and planetary missions, will be 100 times faster than the chips currently in use.

NASA has been using the same spaceflight computers for almost 30 years, but it won’t be much longer. The agency has awarded a $50 million contract to Arizona-based Microchip Technology Inc. to “archi… [+2648 chars]

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