One might expect cutting edge NASA space exploration equipment to feature some of the most modern technologies available. While that understanding might be true with regard to materials science, ...

Listen, I know we're all complaining about the fact that CPUs and GPUs, components in general are expensive. But wait until you hear this one. NASA Perseverance rover uses a processor that runs at 200 ...

When NASA's Perseverance guided itself to the surface of Mars on February 18th, it did so with the help of the same processor that powered the 1998 iMac G3. You know, the colorful and bulbous ...

As we watched NASA put a rover on Mars last month, it definitely seemed like the agency had to be using some sort of high-tech processor in its machine. Surely the rover is built on something much ...

The PowerPC RAD750 chip at the heart of the Curiosity Mars rover's central computer can withstand temperature extremes and massive doses of space radiation without the dreaded 'blue screen of death.' ...

The most powerful radiation-hardened general purpose microprocessor ever developed forspace, is the claim of BAE Systems for its new RAD750. “The processor has successfully passed manufacturing and ...

Editor's take: Conventional wisdom would suggest that when sending a robot to explore another planet, you'd want to outfit it with the latest and greatest technology available to maximize its ...

Many of the processors running today's spacecraft are the same that were found in our PCs and laptops. The only problem is that many of the processors powering essential spacecraft functions now date ...

One of the recurrent Internet memes since the successful landing of the Curiosity Mars rover has been that the iPhone has more processing power than the computer onboard the rover. It's true -- but ...