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Updated · CGTN · Jun 4
Beijing Approves First Space Computing Center to Boost Satellite IoT
Updated
Updated · CGTN · Jun 4

Beijing Approves First Space Computing Center to Boost Satellite IoT

3 articles · Updated · CGTN · Jun 4

Summary

  • Beijing has cleared the city’s first space computing industry innovation center, with an official launch expected by the end of June.
  • Six research tracks will anchor the center, spanning heat-resistant space-native chips, hyper-interconnected payloads, satellite platforms and standards, space-based large models, space-ground cloud control networks, and tokenized computing services.
  • BUPT and leading space-computing companies will jointly lead the project, which is designed to link the full industrial chain and accelerate satellite Internet of Things development.
  • Space computing shifts processing, storage and AI decision-making onto satellites and other orbital platforms, and Beijing says its dense cluster of rocket, satellite, chip and large-model firms gives it a strong base for the push.

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