Jerry Gipper, Editorial Director
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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).
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Dealing with change
Bracing for change in the technology industry is not always easy, but perennially necessary.
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VME64 now and then
A look at the enhancements to the VMEbus specification, from VME64 in the early '90s to the present day.
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"Coopetition" yields VME's success: Q&A with Lyman Hevle
Lyman (Lym) Hevle was in marketing at Motorola Microsystems when VMEbus was introduced. He was also the founder of the VMEbus International Trade Association (VITA). Contributing editor Jerry Gipper, an old friend from the early VME days, recently reminisced with Lym. Edited and excerpted comments follow.
