NASA just leapfrogged spaceflight computing by 500x — and almost no one's talking about it. The new HPSC chip, co-developed with Microchip, runs AI workloads onboard the spacecraft. That means probes can decide for themselves instead of waiting 22 minutes for a round-trip signal from Mars. This is the chip that powers the 2028 Moon landing autonomy stack. Real-time hazard avoidance, sample triage, self-healing flight software — all running on radiation-hardened silicon. Tracking the physical-AI race on www.contentbuffer.com — the next decade of AI won't just live in data centers. When AI ships off-planet first, does that quietly change who 'leads' in AI? #NASA #PhysicalAI #SpaceTech #EdgeAI #HPSC #DeepSpace #AIHardware