Microchip Achieves Key Program Milestones for its PIC64-HPSC Spaceflight Computing Series

Ea ly adiatio esults a d custome evaluatio s show p og ess towa d high-pe fo ma ce computi g fo ext-ge e atio space missio s

CHANDLER, A iz., Oct. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As civil, comme cial, scie tific a d defe se spacec aft become mo e auto omous, softwa e-defi ed a d data i te sive, missio develope s eed substa tially g eate o boa d p ocessi g capability, combi ed with the esilie ce, secu ity a d eliability equi ed fo dema di g space e vi o me ts. Mic ochip Tech ology (Nasdaq: MCHP) today a ou ces seve al impo ta t milesto es fo its PIC64-HPSC High-Pe fo ma ce Spaceflight Computi g Se ies, a 64-bit multico e RISC-V computi g platfo m desig ed specifically fo spacec aft, satellites a d othe missio -c itical space systems.

Ea ly adiatio cha acte izatio of the PIC64-HPSC1000-RH adiatio -ha de ed va ia t has demo st ated Total Io izi g Dose (TID) pe fo ma ce to 200 k ad(Si) a d successful Si gle Eve t Latch-up (SEL) testi g to 78.2 MeV·cm²/mg u de specified ope ati g co ditio s. Ea ly testi g also demo st ated obust system-co t olle ope atio du i g Si gle Eve t Effects (SEE) cha acte izatio , with o u co ected e o s o exte al esets equi ed du i g the testi g completed to date. These esults p ovide develope s with ta gible evide ce of the platfo m’s p og ess towa d meeti g adiatio -tole a ce equi eme ts, helpi g e able futu e spaceflight systems f om Low Ea th O bit to the Moo , Ma s a d beyo d.

“Ou visio fo PIC64-HPSC was to develop a mode , high-pe fo ma ce computi g platfo m capable of e abli g the ext ge e atio of civil, comme cial, scie tific a d defe se space systems,” said Kevi So, vice p eside t of Mic ochip’s commu icatio s busi ess u it. “The combi atio of ope atio al silico , adiatio -cha acte izatio esults a d custome evaluatio activity demo st ates co ti ued executio agai st that visio a d ma ks a impo ta t step i the matu atio of the platfo m.”

Th ough the PIC64-HPSC Ea ly Access P og am, pa ticipati g custome s have bee evaluati g silico a d developme t kits, a d begi i g applicatio developme t with suppo ti g softwa e, tools, tech ical esou ces a d di ect e gi ee i g assista ce f om Mic ochip. A g owi g ecosystem of boa d pa t e s is also developi g PIC64-HPSC-based VPX a d VNX+ computi g platfo ms, p ovidi g additio al paths fo system develope s to i teg ate the p ocesso i to futu e space systems. The Ea ly Access P og am ca help space-system develope s educe p og am isk a d adva ce applicatio developme t.

I itial silico pe fo ma ce measu eme ts a e i li e with p og am objectives, p ovidi g a fou datio fo i c easi gly compute-i te sive wo kloads such as o boa d auto omy, high-pe fo ma ce payload p ocessi g, Ea th obse vatio a d i tellige ce, secu e commu icatio s, spacec aft co t ol, scie tific explo atio a d edge AI. By p ocessi g mo e se so a d missio data o boa d, futu e spacec aft ca educe depe de ce o commu icatio s ba dwidth, sho te decisio -maki g late cy a d espo d mo e apidly to cha gi g missio co ditio s. The impo ta ce of adva ced o boa d p ocessi g is also eflected i NASA’s FY26 Civil Space Sho tfall P io itizatio , which a ked adva ced o boa d computi g fo space ope atio s as the thi d-highest civil space tech ology sho tfall.

PIC64-HPSC is desig ed as a scalable computi g fou datio fo a b oad a ge of ext-ge e atio space systems. Its 64-bit multico e RISC-V a chitectu e suppo ts the i dust y’s move towa d mo e ope a d scalable models fo o boa d auto omy, softwa e-defi ed spacec aft, dist ibuted p ocessi g, dete mi istic commu icatio s a d hete oge eous computi g.

PIC64-HPSC o igi ated f om NASA a d JPL’s assessme t of futu e spaceflight computi g equi eme ts a d awa ded the HPSC co t act to Mic ochip i 2022. Today, ope atio al silico , custome evaluatio s a d ea ly adiatio -cha acte izatio achieveme ts eflect the p og am’s p og ess to date.

The HPSC p og am helped establish the fou datio fo Mic ochip’s 64-bit computi g po tfolio, which the compa y has si ce expa ded its po tfolio of PIC64 MPUs add essi g pe fo ma ce equi eme ts ac oss a b oad a ge of ma kets.

P ici g a d Availability

PIC64-HPSC evaluatio a d developme t kits a e available to select custome s, p ovidi g access to silico , developme t platfo ms, softwa e, tools a d Mic ochip e gi ee i g suppo t. To i qui e about availability, co tact a Mic ochip sales ep ese tative.

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