  A medium-sized Schwarzchild-Couder Telescope (SCT) is being developed as a
possible extension for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). The Cherenkov
camera of the telescope is designed to have 11328 silicon photomultiplier
pixels capable of capturing high-resolution images of air showers in the
atmosphere. The combination of the large number of pixels and the high trigger
rate (> 5 kHz) expected for this telescope results in a multi-Gbps data
throughput. This sets challenging requirements on the design and performance of
a data acquisition system for processing and storing this data. A prototype SCT
(pSCT) with a partial camera containing 1600 pixels, covering a field of view
of 2.5 x 2.5 square degrees, is being assembled at the F.L. Whipple
Observatory. We present the design and current status of the SCT data
acquisition system.
