SBIR/STTR Research Award
Very Dense High Speed 3u VPX Memory and Processing Space Systems
Award amount
$599,297Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- SEAKR ENGINEERING, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2011-06-01
- Contract end date
- 2013-11-30
- UEI
- S3BWGDQGUMC8
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- S4.01
Research abstract
While VPX shows promise as an open standard COTS computing and memory platform, there are several challenges that must be overcome to migrate the technology for a space application. For the Phase I SBIR, SEAKR investigated the 3u VPX architecture for the space environment for advanced memory and processing systems. The SBIR investigation focused on researching innovative switch fabric architectures, identifying and qualifying the building blocks for a space qualified VPX system, and addressed some of the challenges associated with VPX flash memory modules. The areas of innovation that have been addressed are outlined below:?Research and evaluate the basic building blocks required for a high speed switch VPX architecture?Explore advanced EDAC and innovative wear leveling techniques for commercially upscreened flash memory for space applications?Evaluate different techniques for very high speed flash memory access ratesThe Phase II SBIR will build on the Phase I study to produce a deliverable engineering model of a 3U VPX flash memory module.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
33 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2016). Reported award amounts total $13,478,124. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contractor profile
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Agency intelligence
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAICS intelligence
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