Radiation tolerant heterogeneous Multicore “system on chip” with built-in multichannel SpaceFibre switch for onboard data management and mass storage device: Components, short paper

The article presents a 180nm CMOS Radiation tolerant heterogeneous Multi-core ASIC MCT-04 as the SoC (System-on-Chip) with built-in multichannel multiprotocol SpaceFibre/ GigaSpaceWire (SpaceWire-RUS standard), SpaceWire based switch for the onboard data and Mass Storage Device management. The SoC design and architecture support Single-Event-Upset (SEU) fault-tolerant. The MCT-04 embedded networking subsystem provides multiple ports for high-rate interconnection with combination of SpaceWire/ /GigaSpaceWire (SpaceWire-RUS)/SpaceFibre links. Input and processed data streams transmitted via 1.25 Gbps four multiprotocol SpaceFibre/GigaSpaceWire links with built-in DMA controllers. Two SpaceWire links (ECSS-E-50-12C) provide data transfer bandwidth 2-400 Mbps. The MCT-04 embedded networking subsystem on the base SpaceWire/GigaSpaceWire/SpaceFibre provides a balance between external and internal data throughput especially for the multifunctional micro and nanosatellites systems.