About Rafael Advanced Defense
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems is an Israeli state-owned defense company that makes missiles, air defense, active armor, electronic warfare and naval systems. Its best known product is the Iron Dome interceptor system. It is not a chip company, and electronics are embedded in its weapons and sensors. It traces its origin to the Science Corps of 1948 and is headquartered at Kiryat Bialik near Haifa.
Rafael Advanced Defense was founded in 1948 and is based in Haifa, Israel. It is listed under ASICs, DSPs. Reported funding is $2.8B revenue.
Compute Technologies
- ASICs
- DSPs
What Rafael Advanced Defense works on
ASICs
An ASIC, or application-specific integrated circuit, is a chip designed to do one job or a narrow set of jobs. Its circuits are fixed when the chip is made. A CPU can run any program; an ASIC does what it was designed for and nothing else.
DSPs
A DSP, or digital signal processor, is a processor built to handle streams of real-world data such as audio, radio signals and sensor readings. It takes samples from an analog-to-digital converter and filters, compresses or analyses them in real time.
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