The SpaceDev Miniature Flight Computer (MFC) is the perfect high performance 300 million instructions per second (MIPS) general-purpose flight computer for a wide variety of space vehicles. It is cost-effective, has about 10x the performance-to-power ratio of current flight computers and only uses .5 to 6 watts of power, depending on its mode of operation.
The SpaceDev MFC produces an impressive 50 MIPS per watt and operates at speeds up to 300 MIPS. A variable power feature enables users to minimize system power consumption based on processing requirements.
SpaceDev’s advanced architecture and processing throughput enable a new generation of smaller, higher performance spacecraft to solve more intensive computing problems while using fewer processors than have previously been required.
The SpaceDev MFC has successfully passed manufacturing and environmental testing for low earth orbit (LEO) missions and is ready for civil, military and commercial spacecraft, launch applications, and other remotely operated applications.
The SpaceDev MFC is one of six innovative and affordable subsystem components developed for the Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS) mission. SpaceDev designed and built the sophisticated, high-performance 45 kg microsatellite that will carry the CHIPS instrument. CHIPSat is currently scheduled to launch on December 19, 2002 from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California.
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