Ontonix Launches a "Complexity Chip" in Collaboration with SAIC
/Como, March 5-th, 2018. Ontonix launches a "Complexity Chip" for ultra-fast and secure complexity monitoring of mission-critical equipment and infrastructures in both military and civilian contexts. The chip is based on FPGA technology and has been developed jointly by Ontonix and SAIC in the framework of a project funded by the US Department of Defense Executive Agent for Printed Circuit Board and Interconnect Technology and the NSWC (Naval Surface Warfare Center).
"After more than a decade of research and testing with numerous clients and in diverse sectors, our QCM (Quantitative Complexity Management) technology is now mature for hardware implementation" said Dr. J. Marczyk, the founder and President of Ontonix. "We are proud to have collaborated with SAIC in the development of this new technology which takes complexity monitoring and management to a totally new level. Military and civilian infrastructures, systems and products, such as cars, aircraft, or networks, have become increasingly complex and dependant on large amounts of software. As a consequence, their complexity has grown to huge proportions and must be monitored and managed. Because excessive complexity is a fenomenal source of problems, it must be considered as a new attribute and KPI (Key Performance Indicator) of modern products and infrastructures. Monitoring complexity helps to identify where its concentrations occur and, therefore, where it is most likely to expect problems or increased fragility. If you don't want to drown in complexity, the least you can do is monitor it", he added. "When integrated with a software/electronics system of an automobile or an aircraft, the QCM Chip becomes a modern early-warning box which detects both 'local' as well as 'systemic' problems. Conventional black boxes only store data. Our QCM Chip is able to process it and extract additional value in the form of pre-alarms. On another note, it is important to mention that real-time complexity monitoring is possible also in medicine. Over the years we have tested QCM techniques in medicine in various contexts. Now we are ready to move to the next level, by developing advanced patient monitoring systems for hospitals as well as for field application in the form of hand-held devices," he concluded.
With QCM technology now available on a chip, QCM enters into a new era. It is the goal of Ontonix to implement its complexity monitoring chip in:
automobiles, land vehicles
aircraft, spacecraft, UAVs
ships, submarines
trains
turbines, compressors, transformers
networks
critical infrastructures
Each chip may be delivered with a specific board, which includes a microprocessor that manages all data Input/Output traffic. Different variants of the product are available, with number of data channels ragning from a few tens to 1000. Shipping of the product will commence in July 2018.
A prototype board with the QCM Chip is illustrated below.
Complexity monitoring device with ruggedized enclosure
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