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Low-SWaP SPACE
COMPUTING SOLUTIONS

Unmatched Size, Performance & Cost

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Commercial, Civil, and Defense customers rely on our space-hardened COTS-based processing solutions for operational success proven across hundreds of processors launched to date—all while meeting demanding cost and schedule requirements.

Performance and Flexibility

Experience exceptional horsepower with our hybrid MPSoC & FPGA capability and board architecture, versatile across diverse space applications.

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Durability for New Space

With a focus on Low-Earth Orbit and short lunar missions, our CPUs bring an innovative, SWaP-C optimized approach, designed to perform.

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It’s small. That’s huge

We believe in delivering maximum performance and flexibility in compact, power-efficient designs, minimizing size and weight.

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What We Do - in 20 Seconds

We develop cutting-edge computing solutions tailored for extreme space environments. Leveraging automotive and industrial-grade components in a fault-tolerant architecture, we provide robust performance costing a fraction of traditional space solutions.

By prioritizing compactness, energy efficiency, flexibility, and high performance, Xiphos offers effective alternatives to traditional flight processors for spacecraft, unmanned vehicles, robotics, and many other platforms.

Explore our advanced FPGA-based multiprocessor, System-on-Chip (SoC) processor technology, subsystems, and more.

We develop cutting-edge computing solutions tailored for extreme space environments. Utilizing automotive & industrial-grade components in a fault-tolerant architecture, we provide robust performance costing a fraction of traditional space-grade solutions. By prioritizing compactness, energy efficiency, flexibility, and high performance, Xiphos offers effective alternatives to traditional flight processors for spacecraft, unmanned vehicles, robotics, and many other platforms.

Explore our advanced FPGA-based multiprocessor System-on-Chip (SoC) processor technology, subsystems, and more.

APPLICATIONS

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RF ISR

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SPACE SCIENCE

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COMMS

Applications

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Xiphos Q-Card processors are at the heart of many Low-Earth Orbit missions, proving our significant contribution to advancing space mission technology.

Space Exploration

As humanity prepares to revisit the moon, Xiphos's Q-Card processor products are poised to play a pivotal role in what is looking to become a monumental chapter of new space exploration.

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Our Xiphos Q7S and Q8S serve as flight control computers and communication subsystems on smallsat launchers, with numerous successful launches to date. Q7S also acts as the Onboard Computer for the kick stage.

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Products

From the powerful Q8 – maintaining efficiency while delivering solid CPU performance – to the groundbreaking Q8RF, setting new records in RFSoC performance, our miniature processing boards redefine the limits of what’s possible.

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The Xiphos Q8 is an extremely high-performance Processor Board based on the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+. It is ideal for demanding space applications that require high processing power, flexibility, and low power consumption.

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This processor features the Xilinx Zynq® UltraScale+™ RFSoC and is the result of our relentless quest for evolution. It's at the forefront of our next-generation Q-Card Processors, bringing full SDR capabilities to the next level.

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Dedicated to Quality

Our products and services are maintained to the highest standards. We are AS9100 and ISO 9001:2015 certified.

Who we are?
INNOVATORS, ACHIEVERS,
AND REVOLUTIONARIES.

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Comprised of tech-obsessed mavens, Team Xiphos engineers space processors that rewrite the rules of efficiency and cost-effectiveness. In the most demanding environments, our game-changing solutions shine, delivering an unrivaled performance that has our customers come back for more.

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ADVANCING SPACE TECHNOLOGY WITH EPIQ SOLUTIONS

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Experience Xiphos' revolution in space-qualified computing and processor-based subsystems, enhanced by Epiq's SDR and RF expertise for next-level solutions in space (and beyond.)

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Xiphos News

Feb 24, 2024 27 min read

State-of-the-art of Small Spacecraft Technology

Xiphos is mentioned in the report funded by NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) and Science Mission Directorate (SMD). Read it to access a wealth of information available on small spacecraft systems from NASA and other publicly available sources...
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Apr 18, 2023 8 min read

Introducing the Xiphos Q8RF: A Small Form Factor, Radiation Tolerant RFSoC™ Based Platform

Low earth orbit (LEO) RF-based satellite constellations enable a wide range of applications, from broadband and Internet of Things (IoT) communications...
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Apr 19, 2023 12 min read

Xiphos Systems Corporation & Epiq Solutions Announce the New Q8RF Radiation Tolerant Embedded Computer Module

Xiphos Systems Corporation and Epiq Solutions have introduced the Xiphos Q8RF, a next-generation radiation tolerant embedded computer based on the Xilinx Zynq®...
Apr 18, 2023 7 min read

A New Frontier for Software Defined Radios: Space

Software defined radios (SDRs) have been used in ground and airborne applications for decades. Applications on the ground range from communications systems...
Feb 09, 2023 9 min read

Why Epiq's Taking a Leap… Into Space

Apple's AirTags have revolutionized personal item tracking, emerging as discreet guardians of your belongings. Packed with Bluetooth Low Energy ...
March 22, 2024 4 min read

Make vs Buy - 6 Reasons Buying From Xiphos May Be Better Than Doing...

When it comes to space computing solutions, you have options: build it yourself in-house, which could divert resources from the rest of...
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