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CHATSWORTH, Calif.  Aitech’s NVIDIA-based, space-characterized S-A1760 Venus artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer became the first use of GPGPU [general-purpose graphics processing unit] technology in space when it went aloft with the successful launch and re-entry of NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) mission, which occurred in November 2022, the company reported. 

With the successful launch and re-entry of NASA's Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) on November 10, 2022, Aitech's NVIDIA-based, space-characterized S-A1760 Venus AI supercomputer became the first use of GPGPU technology in space.

LOFTID launches new era of re-entry, reuse of space electronics for improved cost-efficiencies S-A1760 Venus: most compact, powerful NVIDIA-based AI supercomputer for LEO/NEO orbits Reliability paramount in Aitech’s high-processing, COT-based space electronics Chatsworth, Calif. May 2023 – With the successful launch and re-entry of NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) on November…

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