Satellites and subsystems > Command and Data Handling (C&DH) systems > On-Board Computers (OBCs) > NANOhpc-obc - High performance fault-tolerant OBC
Key highlights
The NANOhpc-obc is a 64-bit high-performance multicore RISC-V on-board computer specifically designed for demanding LEO applications that require exceptional performance. It targets key market opportunities, including AI@Edge, situational awareness, and cybersecurity.
With a best-in-class performance-to-power ratio, the NANOhpc-obc delivers over 4000 DMIPS at 600 MHz across 4 RISC-V cores, consuming 3 W. This product pushes on-board intelligence to its limits, addressing the most challenging computational needs.
Equipped with a rich set of embedded peripherals and a coherent multicore cluster, the NANOhpc-obc supports a versatile mix of deterministic real-time systems and Linux, making it ideally suited for power-efficient embedded computing across a wide range of applications.
Expansion boards enable extra processing power in the form of AI co-processor or digital processing unit (DPU).
Key features
- Main CPU cluster: 4x RISC-V 64-bit processors @ max 600 MHz
- Matrix Coprocessor: Single/Multi Arithmetic Accelerator for elementwise Tensor operations
- Supervisor: RISC-V monitoring core @ max 600 MHz
- Memory subsystem: 64kB L1 and 2MB L2 memory (SECDED protected) MMU with Physical memory protection
- Main memory: 4 GB LPDDR4
- Mass storage: 92 GB NAND (EDAC protected)
- TM storage: 256 kB MRAM with SECDED
- nterfaces:
- redundant CAN,
- dual redundant LVDS,
- redundant 1Gb Ethernet
- Extension interface: PCIe Gen2 X4/X2 Root Port, SMBus, GPIOs
- Software: Linux (Yocto, BuildRoot), RTOS
Best-in-class performance-to-power ratio.
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Last updated: 2026-05-14
Technical specs
Mass storage: 92 GB NAND (EDAC protected)
TM storage: 256 kB MRAM with SECDED
LVDS
RS422/485
UART
GPIO
Ethernet
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