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== short abstract for Server Sky talk by Keith Lofstrom ==

Server-Sky: Solar powered server and communication arrays in Earth orbit
== Server Sky - Data Centers in Orbit ==
=== DC L5, June 30, 2013 ===
 * Tysons-Pimmit Library 7584 Leesburg Pike Falls Church, VA
 * 2:15 - 4:45 pm
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Server sky is a proposal to build large dispersed arrays of
3
gram paper-thin solar-powered computer satellites and launch
them into
6400km earth orbit. Arrays act as large parallel computers,
as well as sparse phased array antennas, transmitting thousands of
communication beams simultaneously to ground receivers and other
arrays in space.
Server sky is a proposal to build large arrays of 5 gram paper-thin solar-powered computer satellites in 6400km earth orbit. Arrays act as large parallel computers, as well as phased array antennas, transmitting thousands of communication beams simultaneously to low cost ground receivers and other arrays in space.
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Thinsat arrays use unlimited space solar power, and operate outside
the biosphere. The environmental impact of power generation and heat
disposal is tiny. Other surprising biological effects will need study.
Earth can return to what it is good at – green and growing things
– while space can be filled with gray and computing things.
U.S. data centers consume 10GW of electricity to produce microwatt signals delivered to customers. Converting space solar power into computation and sending the only results eliminates most of the cost and mass of SBSP, as well as the expense and inefficiencies of data centers and fiber optic infrastructure. Server sky can provide high reliability broadband internet to developing nations with much lower economic and environmental cost.
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Keith Lofstrom (http://www.keithl.com/) is a mixed-signal integrated
circuit designer in Beaverton, Oregon. He is CEO of !SiidTech, which
licenses silicon identification technology. He is active in the open
source community, and has a special interest in low power, high
efficiency computing.
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Keith has written for Kluwer Press, various IEEE journals, !SysAdmin
magazine, Liberty magazine, aerospace journals, and Analog.
Keith Lofstrom (http://www.keithl.com/) is an integrated circuit designer in Beaverton, Oregon. He is CEO of !SiidTech, which
licenses silicon identification technology. He is active in the open source community, and has a special interest in low power, high efficiency computing.

Keith has written for Kluwer Press, various IEEE journals, !SysAdmin magazine, Liberty magazine, aerospace journals, and Analog.

Server Sky - Data Centers in Orbit

DC L5, June 30, 2013

  • Tysons-Pimmit Library 7584 Leesburg Pike Falls Church, VA
  • 2:15 - 4:45 pm


http://www.server-sky.com

Server sky is a proposal to build large arrays of 5 gram paper-thin solar-powered computer satellites in 6400km earth orbit. Arrays act as large parallel computers, as well as phased array antennas, transmitting thousands of communication beams simultaneously to low cost ground receivers and other arrays in space.

U.S. data centers consume 10GW of electricity to produce microwatt signals delivered to customers. Converting space solar power into computation and sending the only results eliminates most of the cost and mass of SBSP, as well as the expense and inefficiencies of data centers and fiber optic infrastructure. Server sky can provide high reliability broadband internet to developing nations with much lower economic and environmental cost.


Keith Lofstrom (http://www.keithl.com/) is an integrated circuit designer in Beaverton, Oregon. He is CEO of SiidTech, which licenses silicon identification technology. He is active in the open source community, and has a special interest in low power, high efficiency computing.

Keith has written for Kluwer Press, various IEEE journals, SysAdmin magazine, Liberty magazine, aerospace journals, and Analog.

DCL5Abstract (last edited 2013-06-24 03:11:19 by KeithLofstrom)