MENTIUM TECHNOLOGIES INC. — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: TOWARDS LUNA-64: BOOSTING HIGH-PERFORMANCE SPACEFLIGHT COMPUTING PLATFORMS WITH A 64 TOPS,
MENTIUM TECHNOLOGIES INC. — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Phase I SBIR feasibility signal
- Phase I awards fund proof-of-concept work. For capture teams, they mark early interest from National Aeronautics and Space Administration in a technical approach.
- Watch for Phase II follow-ons from the same firm/topic family — that conversion path is where budgets and transition pressure rise.
- Obligated amount $224,797. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
- Tagged technology areas: Space & Satellite, Artificial Intelligence/ML, Microelectronics. Follow those hubs for open topics and peer winners in the same cluster.
Summary
Mentium Technologies Inc. won a NASA SBIR Phase I award of roughly $225,000 to create a radiation-hardened co-processor chip. The chip targets AI workloads in space by delivering 64 trillion operations per second while using under 1 watt of power.
- Amount
- $224,797
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- NAICS
- 541713 · RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN NANOTECHNOLOGY
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2026-09-30 → 2027-03-30
Technology domains
Space & Satellite Artificial Intelligence/ML Microelectronics
Description
SBIR PHASE I TOWARDS LUNA-64: BOOSTING HIGH-PERFORMANCE SPACEFLIGHT COMPUTING PLATFORMS WITH A 64 TOPS, <1W RADIATION-HARDENED CO-PROCESSOR FOR AI WORKLOADS