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The Chip That Might Let Spacecraft Think For Themselves

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, Society & Culture, Science, News

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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I'm Zach Morris on today's episode, The Chip That Might Let Spacecraft Think for themselves.

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NASA is developing a powerful new processor under its high-performance spaceflight computing project

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in collaboration with Microchip Technology Inc. and engineers at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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And the goal is simple, but huge. Instead of waiting minutes or hours for instructions from Earth,

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future spacecraft could identify

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important rocks on Mars, avoid hazards

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during landing, process massive scientific data

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instantly, and react in real time

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