The Proton200k is a high-speed, space-qualified,

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based on a Texas Instruments 320C 6415/6713 DSP. The Proton200k is produced by

Space Micro Inc Space Micro Inc is an American company that designs and manufactures high-reliability space and satellite subsystems. Space Micro focuses on radiation-hardened Single Board Computers, Image Processing Computers, Software Defined Radios, Radio F ...

, a designer and manufacturer of radiation hardened electronics for space applications. The Proton200k was originally developed under Phase I and Phase II

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contracts. The Proton200k displays processing speeds of 900 M

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or 4000 MIPS while operating at 5 watts. It is radiation hardened to a total ionizing dose greater than 100 krad(Si) and fewer than 1 single event upset per 1000 days.

also offers a triple-core version of the Proton200k. In 2006, the Proton200k space computer was selected for Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Autonomous Nanosatellite Guardian Evaluating Local Space (ANGELS) satellite program.Space Daily article
/ref> Enabling technologies originally developed for the Proton200k led to the development of Space Micro's Proton400k

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-based

References

External links

Proton200k datasheet

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