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Onboard computing systems for future
autonomous intelligent vehicles
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powerful, compact, low power
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consumption, radiation hard |
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High performance computing
(Tera- and Peta-flops)
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processing satellite data |
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integrated space vehicle engineering |
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climate modeling |
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Revolutionary computing technologies |
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Smart, compact sensors, ultrasmall probes |
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Advanced miniaturization of all systems |
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Microspacecraft |
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Autonomous 'thinking' spacecraft |
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Micro-, nano-rovers for planetary exploration |
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Nanotechnology to meet future needs on electronics, computing, data storage, nanoelectromechanical systems(NEMS), sensors, instrumentation, and thermal protection materials |
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The interface of nano, bio, and information
technologies provides extraordinary opportunities for novel solutions to NASA's needs |
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Bio-inspired structures, materials, and devices |
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Tera- and peta-flop computing requires
semiconductor devices with feature size
of 50 nm or less, or perhaps other
unconventional devices such as quantum
devices, carbon nanotube based
electronics; and optical interconnects
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What is the physics of these nanodevices? |
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How do they function? reliable? robust? |
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Large scale computational modeling of
devices and processes and complementary
experimental research are keys to finding
solutions to these challenges. |
