De-risk assessment: Space Qualification and reference design for Myriad2 Video Processor

The objectives of this activity were to prepare and conduct additional radiation characterisation of the Myriad 2 processor, to enable an AI inference solution for CubeSats by developing a hardware and software framework for an AI payload processing board with Myriad 2 at its heart, to demonstrate on-board AI solutions by supporting integration of the payload processing board on a CubeSat, and to support demonstration application development.

Myriad is a commercial Computer Vision (CV) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) processor that is both high-performance and low power, operating in a nominal 1.5W power envelope. Its bottom-up design for edge compute makes it an attractive solution for on-board and in-flight data processing, where it can enable AI inference on CubeSats. Flying a COTS device for the first time requires several stages of test, design and development, and this activity supports multiples of these stages.