rubl
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Post by rubl on Aug 14, 2017 17:37:30 GMT 7
Tonight about 23:31 Thai Time SpaceX will launch another Dragon to (re-)supply the Internation Space Station. The capsule will contain a new type of computer, called The Spaceborn Computer' "SpaceX is poised to launch an unmanned cargo ship toward the International Space Station Monday, including a super-computer that could direct astronauts on future deep-space missions" www.spacedaily.com/reports/SpaceX_to_launch_super-computer_to_space_999.htmlI like it when a few minutes into the interview the interviewer a technical guy himself responds to the technical minded developer "just now you said something I actually understand" |
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Post by rubl on Jul 28, 2018 16:58:32 GMT 7
Well, its close to a year now, so here's an update  "HPE supercomputer is still crunching numbers in space after 340 days No rad hardening so even HPE is 'pleasantly surprised' ... SSDs fail at an alarming rate in space. HPE is considering radiation hardening SSDs if it builds another computer for a future space mission ..." www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/26/hpe_iss_supercomputer/ |
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Post by rubl on Jun 30, 2019 19:20:28 GMT 7
Another year past: "HPE's Spaceborne supercomputer returns to terra firma after 615 days on the ISS HP customers: If your spinoff can put a computer into space, why can't I have my Reverb? While HP may be struggling to meet demand for its new idiot visors, HPE's Spaceborne Computer has returned to Earth after 615 days onboard the International Space Station. Hewlett Packard Enterprise's baby, a box based on its Apollo 40-Class computer system (a two-socket Xeon affair usually found elsewhere at NASA), was flung into orbit back in 2017 as a demonstration of the first commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) computer system on the ISS. We'll skip over the Lenovos, iPads, Surfaces and the odd Raspberry Pi also floating around up there. This, as HPE would say, is a supercomputer. The machine was launched on 14 August 2017 on SpaceX's CRS-12 mission to the ISS. The plan had been to run the thing for a year to see how it would stand up to life in orbit onboard the ISS. A year or so, after all, is roughly how long a round trip to Mars could take." www.theregister.co.uk/2019/06/06/hpe_spaceborne_supercomputer_returns_to_earth/ |
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