Rad-hard-by-design for aerospace and defense is a highly specialized foundry market estimated between $400-$500 million
The processor was mutually developed by Ramon Chips and Aeroflex Gaisler, and is marketed exclusively by Aeroflex Gaisler. This next-generation graphics processor is resistant to cosmic radiation and harsh environmental conditions and is intended for use on space missions in earth-orbiting satellites and for high reliability avionic applications. The processor has been designed using Ramon Chips’ proprietary RadSafe™ methodology and standard cell library which were developed on the TowerJazz process to assure radiation hardness of parts fabricated in TowerJazz’s Israeli facility.After reviewing the relation of heat transfer to thermodynamics and the heat diffusion equation, this mechanical engineering textbook explains mathematical methods for modeling heat conduction, convective heat transfer, radiative heat transfer, and mass transfer. Lienhard (U. of Houston) and Lienhard (MIT) explore fin design, turbulent boundary layers, forced convection, and solar energy. Originally published in 1981 by Prentice-Hall, the fourth edition makes minor corrections and updates.The fact that this accident happened in Japan - where nuclear technology had generated decades of human suffering - should have restored our lost humility, our sanity, and our commitment to live in harmony with the powerful forces of nature. Further, the relative proximity of Fukushima to Hiroshima and Nagasaki should reignite a serious debate about the links between nuclear power and nuclear weapons - a topic that has been off the table as we pursue carbon-free alternatives to fossil fuel, even as we also confront the possibility of nuclear terrorism.A recent paper, Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Energy- Siamese Twins or Double Zero Solution, published by the Heinrich Boll Foundation, notes the close relationship between the military and civilian uses of nuclear technology: "Knowledge, materials, and technology gained from the civilian use of nuclear technology can also be of use in a military nuclear program." For example, in 2005, according to the Arms Control Association, the United States transferred tritium produced in a commercial nuclear reactor to a Department of Energy facility in South Carolina for eventual use in nuclear weapons, challenging the practice of separating civilian and military nuclear operations.Lienhard, John H. and John H. Lienhard.The possibility of nuclear weapons proliferation arising from a civilian nuclear program is real. The Boll article asserts that, worldwide, these proliferation risks are particularly high around technologies for "uranium enrichment, reprocessing and plutonium separation, production of plutonium," and reactors using highly enriched uranium."We are excited about the work we have accomplished with Ramon Chips on their industry leading, high performance rad-hard processor using our CMOS process technology,” said Ilan Rabinovich, VP, Customer Support and General Manager, CMOS Business Unit at TowerJazz. "Our engineering team continuously focuses on developing customized technology platforms for our customers and our collaboration with Ramon Chips is an example of our versatility and ability to modify the process to meet our customers’ specific needs.”MIGDAL HAEMEK & HAIFA, Israel -- TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, and Ramon Chips Ltd., a fabless company that specializes in the development of space components, announced today the successful completion of a second generation radiation-hardened (rad-hard) processor for space applications (GR712RC). The part is being fabricated exclusively in TowerJazz’s Fab2 in Migdal Haemek, Israel utilizing its internal 0.18-micron CMOS process technology. According to King Research, the Rad-hard-by design (RHBD) foundry market for aerospace and defense is estimated between $400-$500 million worldwide.$34.95Marie Dennis is the co-president of Pax Christi International and director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns in Washington, D.C.The GR712RC is a dual-core LEON3FT SPARC V8 processor. It can be clocked up to 125 MHz over the full military temperature range. This provides up to 300 DMIPS and 250 MFLOPS peak performance. It integrates advanced interface protocols, including SpaceWire, CAN, SatCAN, UART, 1553B, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, GPIO, and more. It has high speed interface busses to external SDRAM/SRAM/PROM/EEROM/NOR-FLASH memories. It employs rad-hard-by-design methods, with proven radiation hardness up to 300Krad, which exceeds the requirements for all space environments, together with excellent low-power performance.2011
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