2023-06-15 05:57:38 ET
STMicroelectronics ( NYSE: STM ) and TTTech are collaborating to provide high-performance networking solutions for deep space.
The companies said that as the space industry grows, it requires a supply of reliable 'space-grade' chips for an several programs.
TTTech and STM are contributing to create Ariane 6 avionics backbone system where the challenge was to develop a solution which supports a short life cycle in the harsh conditions of a launch.
STM noted that it supplies chips to TTTech which are used, among other things, in the European launcher program Ariane 6 and networking and computing platforms for NASA's Gateway.
"As part of this collaboration, we are bringing two innovative variants of the same chip, enabling both short-lived but tough launcher’s reliability conditions and missions lasting over 15 years in very harsh constraints of deep space," said Vincent Fraisse, RF & Communication Division General Manager, STMicroelectronics.
The companies noted that the second variant will use a hermetic ceramic package to support the radiation conditions of space, over an extended life cycle of multiple years.
It will be on board the first two NASA Gateway modules to go to space, the Habitation and Logistics Module (HALO) and the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE), according to the companies.
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STMicroelectronics, TTTech team up for networking solutions for deep space