Jerry Gipper, Editorial Director
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Behind the scenes with the VITA Standards Organization
A fly on the wall at the VSO might learn a thing or two about the standard development process ...
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OpenVPX platform delivers horsepower needed to revolutionize helicopter flying
Mercury Computer Systems' OpenVPX Application-Ready Subsystem is one of the latest VITA design wins, playing into the Raytheon ADAS helicopter system.
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VITA 75 - The rugged small form factor in a box
Rugged and robust, the VSO is expecting big things from a small form factor targeted at mobile platforms, VITA 75.
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How Small Can We Go?
How small can we go with critical embedded computing elements? I know that there are microscopic embedded computers that can power drones the size of a humming bird, but when it comes to open standard, multiple module computers, how small can we make them and still be practical? There are three small form factor initiatives [...]
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OpenVPX Part Two
The working group responsible for maintaining the OpenVPX architectural framework specification recently finished work on the second edition of the document. They added support for new usage models that include the InfiniBand protocol and the VITA 67 coaxial connector type.
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Supercomputing with VPX?
Supercomputers are the top echelon of computing. They are used in the most demanding of data processing applications. Building one has always been left to the expertise of the IBMs and Crays of the the world. The advent of the microprocessor started the shift to processor complexes that could be tightly coupled through high speed [...]
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Ten critical embedded system trends to watch in 2012
Editorial Director Jerry Gipper rolls out the 2012 "watch list" for VITA technology.
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Dealing with change - Part II
Change is the only constant, especially in the technology industry – VITA Technologies has made a change, as Editorial Director Jerry Gipper details in his column on the evolution of the publication.
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ANSI/VITA 60 Approved
An alternate connector specification for VPX was recently ratified by ANSI under ANSI/VITA 60-2012. This specification describes an alternate connector for VPX as specified in VITA 46.0, VPX Baseline Standard. VITA 60 offers an option for VPX applications where greater resistance to environmental conditions is needed. The connector is designed to meet the demanding requirements [...]
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Welcome to VITA Technologies
We have renamed VME and Critical Systems to VITA Technologies with the March issue of the magazine. We did this to allow more flexibility to keep up with the expanding scope of the projects being undertaken by the VITA Standards Organization (VSO).