CHATSWORTH, Calif. - Aitech has introduced two rugged graphics processing unit (GPU) boards for defense and aerospace applications that use artificial intelligence (AI), video analytics, and sensor processing. The 3U VPX C530 and SOSA-aligned 3U VPX U-C5300 provide up to 35.8 trillion floating-point operations per second (TFLOPS) of single-precision computing performance, the company says.

Both boards feature up to 9,728 NVIDIA CUDA cores, 304 Tensor Cores for AI workloads and 76 ray-tracing cores. They deliver up to 576 gigabytes per second of memory bandwidth and are designed to accelerate parallel processing, AI inference, image processing, and real-time rendering in rugged embedded computing systems.

The boards target applications that require processing large volumes of sensor and video data at the tactical edge, including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, sensor fusion, object detection and classification. Potential platforms include autonomous ground vehicles, aircraft, naval combat management systems and uncrewed aircraft systems.

The C530 is a multi-head GPU board designed for high-performance computing and graphics processing in a 3U VPX form factor. The U-C5300 offers similar processing capabilities and aligns with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Technical Standard, which sets open-architecture requirements for interoperable defense electronics.

Both boards support OpenVPX architectures, PCI Express (PCIe) Gen 4 connectivity, NVIDIA CUDA software tools, and Windows and Linux operating systems. Aitech says the upgraded boards can run existing CUDA-based applications with minimal software changes, helping system integrators transition to newer GPU hardware while maintaining software continuity.

The company says the boards are designed for harsh military and aerospace environments and are available for mission development.

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