GSI’s APU Chosen for IAI/Elta Near Real-Time SAR Image Processing Acceleration
January 12 2022 - 5:30AM
GSI Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: GSIT), a leading
provider of high-performance memory solutions for the networking,
telecommunications and military markets, and developer of the
Gemini® Associative Processing Unit (APU) for AI and
high-performance parallel computing (HPPC), today announced an
initial order from Elta System Ltd, a subsidiary of Israeli
Aerospace Industries (IAI), to develop a Synthetic Aperture Radar
(SAR) image processing acceleration system using GSI’s APU
technology.
The APU technology is ideal for SAR observation missions needing
near real-time (NRT) solutions and higher processing power to use
the Fast Back Projection (FBP) algorithm. FBP is optimal for
processing SAR image data, permitting high ground resolution at
various ranges and frequencies. However, prohibitive costs due to
the high computational requirements of running the FBP algorithm on
a CPU or GPU limit its usage. With its significantly higher
processing speed, high accuracy, and lower power usage, GSI’s APU
chip architecture unlocks the potential of practical algorithms
like FBP. Running on the APU chip, the GSI SAR application can use
the FBP algorithm to construct the synthetic-aperture images from
an input array of pulses.
“We are honored to be working with IAI/Elta, Israel’s leading
provider of innovative defense and space technology, on improving
their critical SAR processing capabilities,” said Dr. Avidan
Akerib, Vice President, Associative Computing Business Unit at GSI
Technology. “GSI’s APU application brings new potential to the
field of accelerating SAR image construction. Our highly skilled
team of engineers looks forward to collaborating with IAI/Elta
group to showcase the technological superiority of our APU.”
The GSI’s APU enables vast performance improvements and superior
SAR image construction. With the APU, NRT processing is reduced
from a few minutes to a few seconds, significantly shortening the
delivery time for images and data. The APU also offers onboard
processing capabilities and substantially lower computing
costs.
The GSI APU platform delivers enhanced parallel processing
power, like a supercomputer cluster. For added performance and
redundancy, the scalable architecture allows for multiple boards on
various servers, with the capability to stack servers together and
bring real-time capability to time-consuming, compute-intensive
processes. GSI has shown in comparisons for a large area SAR image
in one second at high resolution that the APU uses on average 93%
less power than CPU or GPU systems.
ABOUT GSI TECHNOLOGY
Founded in 1995, GSI Technology, Inc. is a leading provider of
semiconductor memory solutions. The Company recently launched
radiation-hardened memory products for extreme environments in
space and the Gemini® Associative Processing Unit (APU), a
memory-centric design that delivers significant performance
advantages for diverse AI applications. The Gemini APU architecture
removes the I/O bottleneck between the processors and memory arrays
by performing massive parallel search directly in the memory array
where data is stored. The novel architecture delivers
performance-over-power ratio improvements compared to CPU, GPU, and
DRAM for applications like image detection, speech recognition,
e-commerce recommendation systems, and more. Gemini is an ideal
solution for edge applications with a scalable format, small
footprint, and low power consumption where rapid, accurate
responses are critical. For more information, please visit
www.gsitechnology.com.
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