Jerry Gipper, Editorial Director
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The evolution of VPX I/O
Today’s processing capability is far outpacing the ability to collect and bring data into the processing stream. System architects continuously struggle to optimize schemes for the best system performance. VPX is designed to give architects the best options possible, while bringing the maximum amount of I/O into a slot and then getting it into the [...]
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Today’s market trends for VITA standards and related technologies
By Brian Arbuckle Reliable market data for critical and embedded computing technology is hard to come by, and even more so when zeroing in on VITA technologies. To better understand the size of the ecosystem for VME, VPX, PMC, and FMC technologies, VITA joined with Brian Arbuckle, analyst with Embedded Market Research, during summer 2021 to conduct research on technologies based on key VITA standards.
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VMEbus: Forty and Fit!
Very few computer-related technologies exist in the industry for more than a few years. This past October 21st marked the 40th anniversary of the announcement of VMEbus. This event is especially significant given the fact that VMEbus is still an extremely practical solution for critical embedded computing. VMEbus has had a profound impact on the open standards community, playing a key role as an influencer in modular open system architecture (MOSA) initiatives.
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VITA standards activity updates
Note: This update is based on the results of the March 2021 standards 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.
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VITA Hall of Fame
Since the announcement of VMEbus in 1981, there have been a great number of people and ideas that have had an impact on the development and advancement of open standards used in critical embedded computing systems. The intention of the VITA Technologies Hall of Fame is to honor and preserve the remembrance of those people and technologies that have had the greatest influence on the VITA open standards industry. Many others are to come – innovators and influencers, who have made a significant impact on developing, designing, and creating the technology and then ferrying the technical specifications into open standards. These are the people who have overcome the technical and procedural problems to help bring forth the products that set new expectations. It is our pleasure to honor these primary contributors to this industry.
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Embedded Tech Trends 2021 Wrap-up
In January, Embedded Tech Trends 2021 was held virtually using Zoom video webinars and the Kahoot! game-based quiz platform. The one-day session – traditionally held over several days of in-person meetings – was attended by 21 members of the media as special-panelist guests and by 123 attendees in the audience.
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VITA TECHNOLOGIES 2021 RESOURCE GUIDE
THE VITA TECHNOLOGIES 2021 RESOURCE GUIDE showcases technologies and products based on VITA standards. The product categories are hardware/embedded hardware, EMC, OpenVPX, VME, VPX, OpenVPX, and XMC. Also in this issue: A wrap-up of the virtual Embedded Tech Trends 2021, updates on the activity of the VITA Standards Organization, data transport using sFPDP, and more. [...]
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VITA 49: VITA Radio Transport (VRT) Standard in Action
VITA is probably best known for hardware standards used for backplane-based computers. Occasionally, however, a software standard emerges out of a VITA working group. One of the most successful and widely used VITA standards is the VITA 49 family. Simply stated, VITA 49 defines a protocol standard that enables message interoperability between equipment from multiple vendors.
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Pfizer Fit
What a difference a year makes!
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VITA Announces Dean Holman as VP and Assistant Executive Director
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. March 17, 2021 -- VITA, the trade association for standard computing architectures serving critical embedded systems industries, announced that Dean Holman has accepted a position as VITA VP and Assistant Executive Director, effective March 1, 2021.
