Alternative System Concepts Receives Funding for Space Technology Development; Rad-Hard Technology Reduces Weight & Power, Lowers Costs, Improves Reliability.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WINDHAM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2004 Alternative System Concepts, Inc. (ASC ASC Ambulatory surgery center, see there ), a developer of advanced electronic design automation (EDA) software for the semiconductor industry, today announced that it has been approved for a 2nd phase of funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. government agency administered by the Department of Defense (see Defense, United States Department of). (DARPA DARPA: see Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) The name given to the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency during the 1980s. It was later renamed back to ARPA. ). ASC is using these funds to complete development of its Virtual Triple Modular Redundancy In computing, triple modular redundancy (TMR) is a fault tolerant form of N-modular redundancy, in which three systems perform a process and that result is processed by a voting system to produce a single output. (VTMR) technology for space applications. The new electronic design technology reduces power usage, as well as electronic component area usage, which saves weight and is a significant benefit for space applications. With VTMR technology in an electronic component design flow, engineers can design radiation-hardened components with reduced area and power. Using the technology is a less expensive alternative to traditional rad-hard component design methods, and promises to lower costs and improve the reliability of products produced for the space, automotive, aircraft and medical industries. "Our company is committed to advanced technology development to reduce design cost and shorten time to market," said Jake Karrfalt, president and chief executive officer at Alternative System Concepts. "We are excited about our collaboration with the MDA (1) (Monochrome Display Adapter) The first IBM PC monochrome video display standard for text. Due to its lack of graphics, MDA cards were often replaced with Hercules cards, which provided both text and graphics. See PC display modes and Hercules Graphics. SBIR Program because it has enabled us to explore a high-risk idea and develop it into a technology breakthrough. We are extremely optimistic that this will lead to additional advances in our industry." The contract is co-sponsored by the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and managed by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) is a specialized major command within the United States Army. The SMDC is an organization composed of five components:
About ASC Alternative System Concepts Inc. (ASC) performs basic research and advanced product development for electronic design automation (EDA), and offers commercial EDA software products. Focusing on the Electronic System Level of design abstraction, the company's projects and products address low-power optimization, virtual redundancy design for radiation hardening of space devices, XML-based tool integration, testability synthesis and HDL (Hardware Description Language) A language used to describe the functions of an electronic circuit for documentation, simulation or logic synthesis (or all three). Although many proprietary HDLs have been developed, Verilog and VHDL are the major standards. translation. ASC is located in southern New Hampshire and markets products through distributors around the world. ASC is headquartered at 22 Haverhill Rd., Windham NH 03087, Tel: 603-437-2234, Fax: 603-437-2722, www.ascinc.com, info@ascinc.com. |
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