With heritage dating back over 30 years, BAE Systems has introduced a series of top-of-the line radiation-hardened processors from the MIL-STD-1750A 16-bit Generic VHSIC Spaceborne Computer (GVSC) to the RAD6000® and RAD750® processors, and most recently the RAD5545® System-on-Chip (SoC). Each step has enabled approximately an order of magnitude increase in processing power and ushered in new mission capability. However, there is still a need for a lower power option with performance that exceeds the industry workhorse RAD750 Single Board Computer (SBC). To meet this need, BAE Systems is designing and building the Endura™ family SBCs utilizing the PowerPC based RAD510™ SoC as an upgrade to our RAD750® SBC product line.

The development of the RAD510 SoC is rooted in the BAE Systems RH45® 45nm technology node fabricated on the Global Foundries trusted foundry. The RAD510 SoC was developed as a complement to the multicore RAD5545 SoC providing the community with a strategic single core lower power alternative that provides a natural migration path for existing RAD750® Processor customers.

The 3U cPCI RAD510™ prototype board is currently available. BAE Systems is also developing cPCI and SpaceVPX 6U RAD510™ SBC variants that include 1GB TMR Flash, 2MB MRAM, and 1GB SDRAM. The RAD510 SoC supports secure boot through its external OCB Extender interface when paired with a companion FPGA available on the 6U RAD510™ SBCs. The 6U cPCI version is intended to bridge the existing 6U RAD750 SBC customer base over to the new RAD510™ SoC based SBC. The 6U SpaceVPX version leans forward with additional capability facilitated by a larger FPGA. The 6U RAD510™ SpaceVPX SBC supports the high-speed Ethernet and PCIe interfaces needed for future SpaceVPX architectures.