Jerry Gipper, Editorial Director
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VITA Standards Organization advances eight specifications to ANSI/VITA ratification
This edition of the VITA Standards Update is based on November 2012 VSO meetings. Upcoming VSO meetings are in January and March 2013.
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Random thoughts on gadgets and social media
Jerry ponders what gadgets and social media mean to the modern engineer.
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FMC PlugFest
VITA and the FMC Marketing Alliance recently completed FMC PlugFest 2012. The PlugFest was the first utilization of FMC Check which consists of the VITA 57.2 metadata specification combined with Cloud-based builder and checker tools.
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Challenging era of technology innovation
In challenging times for innovation, a complete analysis of market problems is an often overlooked step of product development that can be developed into sustained success.
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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 [...]
