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Intel has unveiled Starfire, a space-grade system-on-chip designed for the U.S. government that pairs eight CPU cores and a three-tile NPU built on its Intel 18A node with an Intel 3 graphics tile, all in one Foveros package. Intel published the Starfire sell sheet , listing two versions that draw 10 W and 35 W and reach up to 45 and 75 TOPS, respectively, rated to run between -55 and 125 Celsius.

Both SKUs share the same layout of four Intel 18A P-cores, four low-power efficiency cores, a three-tile NPU also on 18A, and a four-core Xe GPU with 64 execution units built on Intel 3. The Low Power part runs its P-cores at 1.0 GHz, efficiency cores at 850 MHz, and the GPU between 800 MHz and 1.0 GHz. The Performance part clocks the P-cores to 3.1 GHz, efficiency cores to 2.1 GHz, and the GPU to 2.0 GHz.…