Computers: Beyond the supercomputer: NASA is developing ultrafast machines to process satellite data that would choke a mere supercomputer

1 March 1982

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Spectrum

Vol. 19 (3) , 32-37
https://doi.org/10.1109/mspec.1982.6366824

Abstract

Describes how NASA in the USA is developing ultrafast machines to process satellite data that will be up to 1000 times faster than current fast computers to deal with the radar or television pictures that satellites will be capable of broadcasting in the late 1980s.

Keywords

PROGRAM PROCESSORS
PARALLEL MACHINES
ARRAYS
NASA
IMAGE EDGE DETECTION
SUPERCOMPUTERS