A -- SOURCES SOUGHT, 1394 FIREWIRE ASICS FOUNDRY

Notice Date

March 26, 2001

Contracting Office

NPOESS/Integrated Program Office, NOAA/SAO Procurement Staff, 8455 Colesville Road, Suite 1450, Silver Spring, MD 20910

ZIP Code

20910

Solicitation Number

N/A

Point of Contact

John Inman, USAF Contracting Officer, john.inman@noaa.gov, 301-427-2084x162

E-Mail Address

CLICK HERE FOR THE CONTRACTING OFFICER (john.inman@noaa.gov)

Description

In the near future, the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) IPO contemplates releasing a combined synopsis/solicitation for radiation-hardened Firewire Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) with Compact Personal Computer Interface (CPCI) to IEEE 1394a-2000 S100 High Performance Serial Bus interfaces. The ASICs will be used on instruments aboard the NPOESS polar-orbiting satellites. A rapid ASIC development and fabrication is desired that requires early form, fit, function 1394a-2000 ASIC radiation hard hardware to support NPOESS instrument development before the end of this year. The IPO is interested in identifying firms with proven radiation hard foundry processes that have produced ASICs with demonstrated long life on-orbit space operation. The IPO intends to obtain design services for the ASICs separately from Aeronix Inc. of Melbourne FL (hereafter, Aeronix), using a yet-to-be-determined commercially-available 1394a-2000 intellectual property core, but the future combined synopsis/solicitation here contemplated will be for a foundry to use the Aeronix design (in the form of EDIF netlist & GDS II formats) to produce 10 Proof-of-Design (POD) sets, 10 sets of QML-V parts, and TBS documentation. The foundry will also provide design reviews, simulations and verification to prove sufficient timing margin in their process, and TBS test data needed to provide insight to the IPO during the entire foundry process to provide satisfaction that the ASICs will be suitable for the intended use. It is very important that the foundry process demonstrate capability (especially timing margin) for the extreme conditions of the the space environment such as temperature, radiation and vacuum. The foundry will have to share its its libraries, tooling specifications, and so forth with Aeronix so that the foundry's information can be considered in the design. The IPO is interested in identifying foundrys that might be interested in responding to the future combined synopsis/solicitation and in providing these ASICs. Technical questions may be directed to Mr Ken Wolfram (e-mail wolfram@ssdd.nrl.navy.mil), but responses from interested foundrys should be sent to the contracting officer Mr John Inman (e-mail john.inman@noaa.gov). Responses should include a brief overview of the foundry's experience and previous products (especially in similar efforts for similar purposes) and other information that might help the IPO write the upcoming combined synopsis/solicitation. The purpose of these responses is to help the IPO craft the combined synopsis/solicitation with input from industry so that we select the best approach to meeting our needs. Responses are requested on or before Wednesday, April 4, 2001.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010328/ASOL011.HTM (W-085 SN50H2W9)