| Description: | In March, SKAO and TOPIC signed the construction contract for the SKA Low Central Signal Processor (CSP) work package. This milestone was followed by a kickoff meeting at the TOPIC headquarters in Best, Netherlands, where the CSP subsystems (Correlator BeamFormer, Pulsar Search, Pulsar Timing and Local Monitoring and Control) will be incrementally integrated, tested and shipped to the site in Perth, Australia over the 5 construction years (2022..2027).
In the picture, from left to right, are: Marco Bartolini (SKAO lead SW architect), Koos Kegel (TOPIC systems engineer/product owner), Duncan Stanton (TOPIC director projects), Erwin Bonsma (TOPIC SW architect), Jacque Stoddart (SKAO project manager), Bassem Alachkar (SKAO DSP specialist), Daniel van der Schuur (ASTRON project manager/FPGA gateware designer), Marco Caiazzo (SKAO systems engineer), Dean Murfitt (SKAO product assurance engineer). |
