Ingrasys Technology Inc (鴻佰科技), a company under the corporate umbrella of Hon Hai Technology Group (鴻海科技集團), has teamed up with Israel’s Ramon.Space to produce devices for computing in outer space.
Under the deal, Ingrasys, a server, storage and high-performance computing (HPC) accelerator development specialist, would develop and manufacture Ramon.Space’s high-volume space computing products for sale around the world, Hon Hai said in a statement on Tuesday last week.
The partnership would result in a production line for the industry’s first high-volume products for computing in space, and combine Ingrasys’ manufacturing strength and the Israeli company’s space technology capabilities, the statement said.
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Ingrasys has an AS9100 certification, the gold standard for quality and safety management in the aerospace industry, and the production line is preparing to start manufacturing the outer space computing devices, hon Hai said.
Ramon.Space’s radiation-hardened computing platform has low power requirements and durable design, which provides process, storage and connectivity capabilities, said Hon Hai, known globally as Foxconn Technology Group (富士康科技集團).
It can design devices equipped with artificial intelligence and machine-learning capabilities, paving the way to produce space computing products, Hon Hai said.
“As the trusted leader in computing infrastructure in the terrestrial world, venturing into space computing infrastructure would be another area for us to expand as we continue to see the tremendous potential in space,” Ingrasys CEO Benjamin Ting (丁肇邦) said in the statement.
“We are excited to collaborate with Ramon.Space, the market leader, to pioneer the next phase of the space industry and make space computing accessible to everyone,” Ting said.
Ingrasys’ direct parent, Foxconn Industrial Internet Co (FII, 富士康工業互聯網), a Shanghai-listed provider of intelligent manufacturing integration solutions, has entered the space computing business and is in talks with two potential clients, an industry source said.
The source said that FII has a space-computing research and development team of 300 staffers based in Taiwan, and is scheduled to launch spacecomputing servers in 18 to 24 months to meet growing demand for micro-data centers for use in outer space.
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