On June 29, BAE Systems announced that the company has successfully demonstrated the ability of its Endura system-on-chip (Soc) space processor to operate resiliently in natural space and the most severe strategic radiation environments.
“This milestone positions the Endura SoC as a leading high-performance processor for the space community,” said Joe Dziezynski, space systems product line director at BAE Systems. “Leveraging commercial foundry technology, Endura delivers a smaller, lower-power and more cost-effective solution for missions requiring survivability in harsh radiation.”
The Endura SoC was developed with BAE Systems’ commercial radiation-hardened 45 nanometer (RH45 nm) technology, built on GlobalFoundries’ (GF) commercial, 45nm silicon-on-insulator platform with secure manufacturing through GF’s New York fab. RH45® technology brings a qualified library of advanced, commercially licensed capabilities and proven application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) design and manufacturing methods. The strategic radiation-hardened testing further demonstrates that this technology can increase survivability of other space system elements, including single board computers (SBC).
“GlobalFoundries’ facility in Malta, New York, is a cornerstone of trusted U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, providing the secure, domestic foundational technologies needed for mission-critical aerospace and defense applications,” said Ezra Hall, senior director of aerospace and defense at GF. “Working with the U.S. government, GF and BAE Systems are extending strategic manufacturing and technology advancements to address the evolving needs for resilient, trusted and scalable microelectronics.”
The SoC is being integrated into BAE Systems’ next-generation Endura product line, which will include general purpose processing, networking, secure boot and other functionality.
Source: BAE Systems
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