Articles
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VITA 90 is a new small-form-factor (SFF) draft proposed standard that is a direct descendant of VITA 74, an inherently rugged module standard with a compelling size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) proposition that is ideal for many military and aerospace applications.
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VITA Technologies Spring 2022 Resource Guide
THE VITA Technologies Spring 2022 Resource Guide showcases technologies and products based on VITA standards. Also in this issue: Jerry Gipper talks the state of the VPX ecosystem in 2022, a special feature on VITA 90, a technology feature on virtualization for legacy and modern environments, and more! Please enjoy the VITA Technologies Spring 2022 [...]
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VITA standards activity updates
Note: This update is based on the results of the March 2022 VITA Standards Organization (VSO) meeting. Contact VITA if you are interested in participating in any of these working groups. The full reports is at www.vita.com/StandardsUpdates. Visit the VITA website (http://www.vita.com) for details on upcoming VITA meetings.
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Defining Standards: VITA 46.11: System Management on VPX
VITA recently published the ANSI/VITA 46.11-2022 “System Management on VPX” standard, a revision of the first edition published in 2015. As critical embedded computing systems have become extremely complex, system management is imperative. The industry is quickly adopting this capability into critical components of computing systems.
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Masks off!
Wow! That was quick! It didn’t take but a few minutes for the airlines and other public transportation to throw out the mask mandates! Within minutes of a federal judge ruling that the CDC had exceeded its authority on the in-flight mask mandate, the masks came off midflight. If you are like me, I’m sure that you are ready to move on to the next stage of the pandemic. I just became eligible for my fourth vaccination, so I need to get that on my calendar soon.
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VITA vision
“Open Standards, Open Markets.” As the premier standards-development organization in the critical embedded computing space, this tag line could not be more accurate!
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Dean Holman named as President/Executive Director of VITA
FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. VITA, the trade association for standard computing architectures serving critical embedded-systems industries, announced that Dean Holman is VITA's President and Executive Director, effective February 1, 2022. Jerry Gipper, the previous Executive Director, will continue as VITA’s Marketing Director.
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SOSA Reaches a Key Milestone
The Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Consortium was formed under The Open Group in 2017 to enable government and industry to collaboratively develop open standards and best practices to enable, enhance and accelerate the deployment of affordable, capable, interoperable sensor systems. Since then, SOSA has been working diligently on getting their first standard released. This [...]
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Defining Standards--VITA 42: Switched Mezzanine Card (XMC) Picks Up Speed
Low-profile mezzanine cards are an important accessory for embedded computing systems. XMC (VITA 42) is a popular mezzanine based on switched protocol technologies. The standard recently went through a revision update. This article reviews the changes made to the standard.
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VITA standards activity updates
Note: This update is based on the results of the September 2021 VITA Standards Organization (VSO) meeting. Contact VITA if you are interested in participating in any of these working groups. Visit the VITA website (http://www.vita.com) for details on upcoming VITA meetings.
Bill Ripley
Staff, VITA Technologies
Dan Toohey, Mercury Computer Systems
John McHale, Editorial Director