Thanks to Dan and then Jack for highlighting this news, and for other kind words said in response. I am going to respond to Jack’s message because it is futile to try to fill in the names Dan missed, and I would only leave some out myself.
Instead I’ll repeat what was said at the last CASPER workshop, that every byte of raw EHT data recording every telescope in 2017, which ultimately became the M87 image was processed by CASPER hardware running in most cases CASPER firmware. The ROACH2 which is used as the R2DBE at all single dish stations to digitize and record IFs: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/684513/pdf At the SMA the phased array and recording system is built into the ROACH2 driven SWARM: https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/S2251171716410063 And at ALMA while the phasing system is built into the legacy ASIC and FPGA based XF correlator, an adapted ROACH2 is used by something called the “Phasing Interface Card” or PIC which ultimately formats and transmits the raw data over fiber to the VLBI recorders at the low site. The EHT has deeply benefited from CASPER technology, and it’s been a real pleasure for me, personally, to work within a the wonderfully supportive and unselfish culture which seems to permeate CASPER. Sincere thanks to all of you, you helped make the EHT folks look good. Jonathan Weintroub > On Sep 5, 2019, at 2:19 PM, Jack Hickish <jackhick...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi CASPERites, > > Some of you may have seen that the winners of the 2020 Breakthrough > Prize have recently been announced, with the prize in fundamental > physics going to the Event Horizon Telescope Team > (https://breakthroughprize.org/News/54) > > Looking through the list of 347 collaborators, it is very gratifying > to see an abundance of CASPERites past and present. > > Congratulations to all involved (both those on the official list and > others contributing from behind the scenes)! > > Cheers > Jack > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "casper@lists.berkeley.edu" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to casper+unsubscr...@lists.berkeley.edu. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/lists.berkeley.edu/d/msgid/casper/CAG1GKSn66nCdr9%3DWt1cqRVU84VDBirVDd0sZSsxX6hR-cYhckA%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "casper@lists.berkeley.edu" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to casper+unsubscr...@lists.berkeley.edu. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/lists.berkeley.edu/d/msgid/casper/2167A470-A452-4861-BBC7-F45F7FC5717A%40cfa.harvard.edu.
