WorldScape Defense Awarded $1.4 Million ATTISS Phase III Contract from the Office of Naval Research

MARLTON, NJ (March, 2005) - WorldScape Defense Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of WorldScape Inc., was awarded a $1.4 million dollar contract by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for continued efforts under the “Advanced Telepresence Thru Immersive Imaging-SceneServer” (ATTISS) contract. This third phase contract builds upon past work and is aimed at accelerating hardware and software related to WorldScape’s Scalable Processing Platform (SPP) into embedded image and signal processing applications. 

Last September, WorldScape delivered hardware demonstrations of the world’s highest performance radar processing benchmarks.  Current work centers on delivering supercomputer processing capabilities in compact, low-power platforms.  “We’re focused on delivering a hardware and software platform that will vastly enhance processing capabilities in embedded applications,” said Peter Rogina, WorldScape’s President.  “WorldScape will also be a customer for the Scalable Processing Platform for use in the SceneServer immersive imaging system.  There is a lot of crossover between the multi-sensor applications being sought be the DoD and others and the camera array technology and processing engines being developed for the training and entertainment markets.”

The ability to put advanced processing capabilities next to sensors has been a longstanding challenge in both DoD and Commercial markets.  With the explosion of sensors generating data about the world in which we live, large supercomputers or clusters are becoming commonplace to enable processing of the sheer volume of data being collected.  Furthermore, advanced computer algorithms require more and more computing capacity in these clusters.  Solutions that enable scalable processing capabilities in dense, low-power form factors are required.  “This is where WorldScape excels,” says Rogina.  “The ATTISS contract is accelerating a platform based on scaled SIMD processors in a robust architecture.  WorldScape’s direction will enable the delivery of dramatically more processing capability in lower power, more compact packages than competing technologies.” 

Mr. Rogina has a sound basis for his claims.  As past President of Cambridge Parallel Processing, he was intimately involved with advanced SIMD technologies that have been used in some of the world’s most demanding processing environments.  “SIMD is poised for a Renaissance of sorts.  The hurdles that have limited technology insertion in the past are being overcome.  WorldScape is a leader in implementing large systems based on the next generation of this proven technology.  With the mega-trend of sensor technology exploding around us, the capabilities we are bringing to market are very compelling”

Based on demand from the defense sector, WorldScape plans to produce ruggedized versions of the SPP technology capable of supporting the rigors of varied government and commercial environments.

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WorldScape Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, WorldScape Defense Company, LLC are developing Scalable Processing Platform solutions for image & signal processing applications using low power, tera-scale performance technology for defense, academia and industry.

WorldScape is located in New Jersey and Northern California.