# Leopard DPU
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Flight-grade onboard data processing unit purpose-built for EO workloads (hyperspectral reduction, cloud masking, change detection).

## Specifications
- **manufacturer**: kp-labs
- **analysis service**: {"processing_capabilities":["EO-oriented onboard AI/ML data processing unit for micro-, mini-, and CubeSat-class satellites. PC/104 form factor, AMD Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, 3 TOPS onboard inference, 5-20 W. Workloads include hyperspectral reduction and compression, cloud detection, change detection, FPGA-accelerated custom signal processing, and in-orbit algorithm reconfiguration."]}
- **entity type**: analysis_service
- **last verified date**: 2026-05-25
- **verified by**: operator
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **provider**: kp-labs
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## Editorial
Leopard is a KP Labs Data Processing Unit for micro and mini satellites in a compact PC/104-compatible CubeSat form factor.[^leopard-product-page] Leopard uses Zynq UltraScale+ ZU6EG, ZU9EG, or ZU15EG processing-core options with quad ARM Cortex-A53, dual lock-step Cortex-R5, and FPGA fabric.[^leopard-product-page] Leopard has 4-16 GiB DDR4 with ECC, 4-16 GiB SLC flash file-system storage with EDAC, and up to 2x256 GiB SLC data storage.[^leopard-product-page] The unit supports CAN, LVDS, SPI, RS422/485, UART, GTY/GTH transceivers, and custom SpaceWire or Ethernet options.[^leopard-product-page] Leopard provides up to 3 TOPS for onboard AI processing and supports 64-bit Linux, deep-learning acceleration, and in-orbit reconfiguration.[^leopard-product-page] Intuition-1 launched in November 2023 with a Leopard DPU and demonstrated onboard hyperspectral processing, cloud filtering, segmentation, object detection, and 3 TOPS processing in orbit.[^intuition-1-mission-page]

## Sources
- [leopard-product-page] | KP Labs, Leopard product page | https://www.kplabs.space/solutions/hardware/leopard | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-05-25
- [intuition-1-mission-page] | KP Labs, Intuition-1 mission page | https://www.kplabs.space/projects-and-missions/intuition-1 | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-05-25
- [current-d1-row] | EO-Atlas current D1 row for leopard-dpu | https://eo-atlas.org/products/leopard-dpu | tier=sw-measurement | accessed=2026-05-25

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