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    • Acceleration of synthetic aperture radar for on-board space systems 

      Solé i Bonet, Marc; Rodríguez Ferrández, Iván; Steenari, David; Kosmidis, Leonidas (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      There is an increasing trend in modern space systems to move processing that until now was transmitted to ground for processing, on board the satellite. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is an example of such processing. ...
    • Compiler support for an AI-oriented SIMD extension of a space processor 

      Solé i Bonet, Marc; Kosmidis, Leonidas (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2022-06)
      Article
      Open Access
      In this on going research paper, we present our work on the compiler support for an AI-oriented SIMD Extension, called SPARROW. The SPARROW hardware design has been developed during a recently defended, awardwinning Master ...
    • Desenvolupament d'una interfície gràfica basada en una raspberry.pi 

      Solé i Bonet, Marc (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-07-01)
      Bachelor thesis
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
    • Evaluation of the multicore performance capabilities of the next generation flight computers 

      Solé i Bonet, Marc; Wolf, Jannis; Rodríguez Ferrández, Iván; Jover Álvarez, Álvaro; Trompouki, Matina Maria; Kosmidis, Leonidas; Steenari, David (2023)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      Multicore architectures are currently under adoption in the aerospace domain, however their software remains single-threaded. In this paper we argue about the benefits offered by homogeneous parallel processing, both in ...
    • Hardware-software co-design for low-cost AI processing in space processors 

      Solé i Bonet, Marc (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-10-28)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Barcelona Supercomputing Center
      In the recent years there has been an increasing interest in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). The advantages of such applications are widespread across many areas and have drawn the attention of ...
    • METASAT: Modular model-based design and testing for applications in satellites 

      Kosmidis, Leonidas; Calderón, Alejandro J.; Álvarez Suárez, Aridane; Sinisi, Stefano; Jover Álvarez, Álvaro; Rodríguez Ferrández, Iván; Solé i Bonet, Marc; Trompouki, Matina Maria; Wolf, Jannis (Springer, 2023)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      The space domain, as many other sectors, is actively considering novel methods and tools based on artificial intelligence, digital twins, virtual design and testing, and other Industry 4.0 concepts, in order to manage the ...
    • SPARROW: A low-cost hardware/software co-designed SIMD microarchitecture for AI operations in space processors 

      Solé i Bonet, Marc; Kosmidis, Leonidas (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      Recently there is an increasing interest in the use of artificial intelligence for on-board processing as indicated by the latest space missions, which cannot be satisfied by existing low-performance space-qualified ...
    • The METASAT hardware platform v1.1: identifying the challenges for its RISC-V CPU and GPU Update 

      Solé i Bonet, Marc; Alvarez Suárez, Aridane; Kosmidis, Leonidas (Barcelona Supercomputing Center, 2024-05)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      The escalating complexity of on-board applications requires enhanced performance in space systems. Consequently, the industry is transitioning towards advanced hardware and software with increased capabilities. However, ...
    • The METASAT hardware platform: A high-performance multicore, AI SIMD and GPU RISC-V platform for on-board processing 

      Kosmidis, Leonidas; Solé i Bonet, Marc; Rodríguez Ferrández, Iván; Wolf, Jannis; Trompouki, Matina Maria (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      The METASAT Horizon Europe project which is funded by the European Commission and started in January 2023, will enable model-based design methodologies in order to manage the complexity of upcoming hardware and software ...
    • Towards a qualifiable space cloud approach 

      Kosmidis, Leonidas; Trompouki, Matina Maria; Solé i Bonet, Marc; Álvarez Suárez, Aridane; Wolf, Jannis (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2024)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      Traditional space computing relies on older, space proven hardware and software technologies with significantly lower performance compared to COTS processors. Recently a trend towards the use of Commercial-off the Shelf ...