TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY --PCI Assembly Design: LAR-17743-1

NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses. THE TECHNOLOGY: Scientists at NASA Langley Research Center have developed a design for a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) local bus controller and target in a PC/104-Plus form-factor. The design uses a flash-based Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) to provide immediate functionality from power-on to avoid delay after power is applied. It can be reprogrammed from connectors directly on the board, and is able to both receive and drive the clock for system and local peripherals, allowing it to function as either a PCI bus host controller or PCI target device interface. Fully compliant with the PC/104- Plus specification, the design has associated schematics and Gerber files in a vendor-ready state. The system hosts flash-based FPGAs, SRAMs, I/O interfaces, and clocking circuitry. The circuit accommodates in-system-programming via on-board connectors, and allows functionality with separate hardware implementations with controller functionality or add-on-card functionality. The design was developed to support ongoing research in fault-tolerant computing systems. NASA is seeking to license this technology commercially. US Patent 8,473,663. To express interest in this opportunity, please respond to [email protected] with the title of this Technology Transfer Opportunity as listed in this FBO notice and your preferred contact information. Please also provide the nature of your interest in the technology along with a brief background of your company. For more information about licensing other NASA-developed technologies, please visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal at http://technology.nasa.gov/ . These responses are provided to members of NASA Langley’s Office of Strategic Analysis and Business Development “OSACB” for the purpose of promoting public awareness of NASA-developed technology products, and conducting preliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for future licensing opportunities. If direct licensing interest results from this posting, OSACB will follow the required formal licensing process of posting in the Federal Register. No follow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.