The RAD750 will be the most powerful radiation hardened microprocessor ever developed, with 10 times the performance of the current generation processors.

RAD750 performance is expected to be 250-300 millions of instructions per second (MIPS) over the Mil-Spec temperature range.

RAD750 is architecturally and functionally identical as well as pin compatible to the PowerPC 750.

A low risk development approach is being used, leveraging the original PowerPC 750 database for design and verification. The RAD750 will be fabricated in a 0.25 micron CMOS process and include proprietary radiation hardened circuit designs.

Based on early test site hardware, first pass parts will achieve Single Event Upset (SEU) hardness levels of 1E-11 upsets/bit-day (approx. 1E-5 upsets/processor-day) and Total Dose of greater than 200Krads (Si).

Prototype hardware is expected mid-2000, with production availability by year-end.