Brassboard Fault Tolerant Spaceborne Computer (BFTSC). Volume 1

Abstract

This Report describes the design and development of the Brassboard Fault-Tolerant Spaceborne Computer (BFTSC) for the United States Air Force, Space and Missile Systems Organization. The BFTSC is a breadboard model of a self-repairing, highly reliable, general-purpose computer designed to have a 95 percent probability of surviving a five-year mission in a space environment without any degradation in performance. The Report is writtenin three volumes. Vol 1 contains a description of the computer architecture and the methods employed in achieving Fault Tolerance, with a focus on techniques and fault detection mechanisms. Vol. 2 describes the architectural trade-offs and the fault recovery hardware/software interaction. It also documents the BFTSC construction and testing results, as well as the recommended technologies for fabricating a flight unit computer. Vol. 3 describes work directed specifically toward a prototype flight unit.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 20, 1978
Accession Number
ADA068553

Entities

People

  • A. H. Vandoren

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Breadboard Models
  • Central Processing Units
  • Coding
  • Computer Architecture
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Data Transmission
  • Detectors
  • Diagrams
  • Energy Storage
  • Fault Tolerance
  • Generators
  • Space Environments
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites