Towards General-Purpose Payload Data Processing Computers Example of the Gaia Video Processing Unit
Abstract
The Gaia spacecraft includes Video Processing Units providing high performance on board processing for payload data handling. The architecture of the Video Processing Units is such that, although the performance demand is high, the majority of the data processing has been implemented in software, offering flexibility for functional evolutions during the project development and during the mission. The case of the Gaia Video Processing Units has set foundations for the implementation of high performance general-purpose payload data processing computer.
- Publication:
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DASIA 2011 - Data Systems In Aerospace
- Pub Date:
- August 2011
- Bibcode:
- 2011ESASP.694E..33P