This paper reports on COTS technology migrating from commercial to military applications. A chip sets expressly designed to control washing machine motors mutating into technology for solar-powered unmanned tactical airships. How a state-of-the-art foundry, LSI Logic, who abandoned the military business a decade ago, led back into the mil-aero market. However, a convergence of factors made possible by its RapidChip platform-ASIC technology recently led the company to again offer its services to the military.


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    Title :

    US military embraces commercial technology


    Contributors:
    Tuite, D. (author)

    Published in:

    Electronic Design ; 53 , 16 ; 47-48


    Publication date :

    2005


    Size :

    2 Seiten



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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