NASA and UQ to develop Linux-based Reconfigurable Space Computing System
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The team of electronics engineers from The University of Queensland, led by Dr John Williams, is building the software operating system for the American space agency’s Reconfigurable Scaleable Computing (RSC) project.
RSC principal investigator Dr Robert Hodson said NASA wanted an alternative space computing system to improve processing speed and reduce the expense and time to retest systems for different space missions.
“NASA recognizes UQ as a leader in embedded operating systems for reconfigurable computing and views their contributions to the RSC project as vital to its success,” Dr Hodson said.
The RSC operating system is a modified version of Linux, an open-source alternative to Microsoft Windows or Apple MacOS which is widely used in scientific and academic computing.
Dr Williams has been modifying Linux to run on reconfigurable hardware, and has freely released his work to the public which was how NASA became aware of the UQ group’s expertise.
UQ’s School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering has signed a partnership agreement with NASA’s Langley Research Centre for its four-year RSC project, worth approximately AU$18 million.
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