Title :
Dynamic space processor architecture built on commercial open system interface standards
Author :
Marshall, Joseph R.
Author_Institution :
Lockheed Martin Space Electron. & Commun., Manassas, VA, USA
Abstract :
Over the past six years, Lockheed Martin engineers have developed and deployed a set of processor products for space applications built around commercial open system interface standards. This architecture has allowed the products to be constructed from a set of building blocks that may be mixed and matched to meet the needs of various space missions. Making use of COTS elements expands the debug and demonstration of these products. Future products, such as the RAD750(R) processor and its support chip, by utilizing the positive lessons learned, will be even more flexible and interchangeable than previous products and will provide cost effective solutions to space processing applications in the new millennium. This has only been possible through the use of open system interface standards
Keywords :
IEEE standards; aircraft computers; embedded systems; microprocessor chips; open systems; reduced instruction set computing; space vehicle electronics; system buses; COTS elements; JTAG interface; PCI bus; RAD750 processor; VME backpanel interconnect; bridge chips; commercial open system interface standards; cost effective solutions; dynamic space processor architecture; embedded systems; single chip computer; superscalar RISC processor; support chips; Communication standards; Consumer electronics; Costs; Defense industry; Open systems; Payloads; Space vehicles; Standards development; Standards organizations; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1999. Proceedings. 18th
Conference_Location :
St Louis, MO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5749-3
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.1999.863667
