FPGA IN OUTER SPACE

ABSTRACT

During the development of semi-conductor technology there were also tremendous developments in its associated fields mainly in the field of the Programmable Logic Devices especially in the field of Field Programmable Logic Devices (FPGA). One of the reasons for the development of FPGA was its greater flexibility of operation. But it had many disadvantages mainly during its operation in the Outer Space. In this paper we are going to analyze various affects on FPGAs that will come across during its operation in the outer space & various techniques to minimize those effects. In the last part of this paper we will discuss one of the important application of the FPGA in the satellites. The application of FPGA in the field of High Performance Computing is also discussed in this section there by enhancing its operation.