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This paper argues in favor of evolvable hardware as a technique to improve the capability of on-board computers for deep space exploration. From architecture point of view, it analyzes the role of EHW in the multi-level structure of the intelligent system and describes the two mainly characters of the computer system building with EHW. It emphasizes the important of supercomputing capability and self-determination ability. In order to illuminate the implementation of an evolvable computer system, it describes a demo structure for object recognition that realizes image-matching function for space application.
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Shi, C., Huang, S., Yan, X. (2007). The Design of an Evolvable On-Board Computer. In: Kang, L., Liu, Y., Zeng, S. (eds) Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware. ICES 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4684. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74626-3_28
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