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Solar Powered Satellites Take Flight – A Net-Zero, AI Cold-Compute Design Brief
- Satellite organizations face challenges in tapping energy in space and networking extraterrestrial computing devices, requiring advanced technologies like AI systems, solar cells, and chips.
- Space offers abundant solar energy and cold operating environments suitable for AI compute chips, enhancing energy efficiency and performance.
- Sustainable satellite design and space-certified components are essential due to space's hostile conditions, temperature extremes, and radiation.
- Satellite simulations are crucial for energy generation, consumption, storage, and operational tasks like orbit changes and data transmission.
- Extraterrestrial energy infrastructure is evolving, with initiatives like China's solar panel payload launch indicating future space-based power plants.
- NASA explores solar energy efficiency for space-based power plants and potential for abundant energy supply from space.
- Designing satellite networks involves considerations like solar design kits, satellite-to-satellite communication methods, motor and battery selection, and embedded software.
- The weight and energy of AI compute on satellites require calculations for power consumption, solar panel efficiency, battery weight, and energy alternatives.
- The cold of space benefits integrated circuits, leading to lower power consumption and faster operation, making compute-in-space a promising solution for AI applications.
- GaN semiconductor technology and lightweight materials like perovskite solar cells are key in space energy infrastructure, supporting satellite-to-satellite energy transfers and AI data streaming back to Earth.
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