[January 27, 2010] Broad Reach Engineering Releases Rad-Hard BRE440 PowerPC CPU Tweet Jan 27, 2010 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Broad Reach Engineering announced it has developed and delivered what it said is the aerospace industry's fastest radiation-hardened microprocessor. "The Rad-Hard BRE440 PowerPC CPU is fully developed, in stock and ready to serve in radiation-rich environments ranging from on-orbit and interplanetary space to nuclear, defense and medical applications," said Broad Reach CEO Chris McCormick. "With its combination of memory controllers, Ethernet, high speed and low power consumption, the BRE440 chip represents one of the most significant system-on-a-chip advancements for space flight in more than a decade, and is poised to enable a new generation in high-reliability processing solutions." The device is built on Honeywell's rad-hard HX5000 150nm SOI process and is based on a PowerPC 440 core licensed from IBM. The BRE440 processor design includes on-chip floating point unit, memory controllers, L2 cache, two Ethernet ports, two serial ports, four DMA channels, EDAC controller and PCI interface. Speed is configurable up to 133MHz and is 2 MIPS/MHz. Broad Reach Engineering produces spaceflight hardware and software solutions, integrating vehicle design, component design and engineering services for aerospace, scientific, commercial and military customers on four continents and for global space centers and contractors. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]