The evolving role of nonvolatile memory toward rapid-configurable electronics for space

Summary form only given. The Air Force Research Laboratory has initiated a focused technology area called responsive space. The goal is rapid configuration and deployment of space capabilities to meet specific mission needs around the world. This places a new set of parameters on the "brains" of such systems - the electronics. Flexibility, scalability, rapid interconnectivity replace high performance, low power, and radiation hardness. The challenges of such a capability will be described as will the role of non-volatile memory as the new mission area evolves toward the "Six-day Satellite"