Episode 15 of the Space Industry podcast is a discussion with Xiphos about the uses of FPGA-based multiprocessors, OBCs, System on Chip (SoC) technology, and related systems in satellites.
In this episode we speak with Edwin Faier, President & Director of Business Development at Xiphos Systems Corporation.
Xiphos is a Canadian manufacturer of on-board computers and processors, and a satsearch member, and in this episode we discuss advancing the use of FPGA-based OBCs in space applications, covering the following topics:
- How FPGA-based On-board Computers (OBCs) and Systems on Chips (SoCs) compare to standard microprocessor- and microcontroller-based architectures.
- The sort of missions and applications that are suitable for FPGA-based SoCs.
- How the design, testing, integration, and qualification of such systems can differ from computing resources that don’t require logic configuration.
- The emerging opportunities that FPGA-based OBCs and SoCs can offer satellite integrators.
The product portfolio of Xiphos
A 32g (with RJ45 connector) system, with typical power of 1W, based on a hybrid environment of CPUs and reprogrammable logic. The Q7 is a flight-proven processor board based on the Xilinx Zynq-7020, including ARM dual-core Cortex-A9 MPCore processors supported by programmable logic resources.
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A 64g (with power barrel & RJ45) system based on a hybrid environment of multi-core CPUs and reprogrammable logic. The Q8 includes a Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ Multi-Processor System-on-Chip (MPSoC) Processing FPGA & memory resources such as LPDDR4 RAM (with EDAC), 2x QSPI Flash (NOR), and 2x eMMC.
