Ray Alderman, VITA

• The laws that drive this industry have changed

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  This industry is now driven primarily by the bandwidth of the interconnects between the boards, not the microprocessor chips. That transition, from processor-driven to interconnect-driven, suggests that this industry now operates under a new set of laws.

• Moving from HPEC to HPESC

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  HPEC (High Performance Embedded Computing) is an acronym used by many VPX product vendors today. With the availability of fast processors like DSPs, GPGPUs, and the new i7 Intel machines, we have the "cycles" to process mountains of data. But, the first few generations of high-speed serial links still left us I/O-bound. The newest generations of fabric silicon are finally giving us the bandwidth to take advantage of the powerful processors in the market, initiating HPEC in many advanced applications.

• It's time to look at business models

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  The telecom equipment market looks like hell after the fire went out. The Small Form Factor (SFF) market is hopelessly fragmented and looks like an Arkansas trailer park after a tornado. The medical board markets moved to China. And the military board ...

• The changing landscape of 2013

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  Ray shifts gears into 2013 with market outlooks and technology projections.

• Don't get too comfortable with your product line

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  Keep an eye on Intel, as their acquisitions over the last decade infer some of the quirks you can expect from next-gen CPUs for HPEC.

• More on embedded supercomputing: Torus architectures with VPX

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  When implementing VPX in a High-Performance Embedded Supercomputing (HPES) scheme, consider a Torus architecture. Here's why.

• Moving into embedded supercomputing

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  As certain applications continue to drive the processors on a board to the "nth" power, developers should prepare for n-dimensional architectures.

• Stealth connectors

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  Pushing past the copper connector premise.

• Military focus can shift from the Middle East to China

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  Shifts in DoD strategy may be on the horizon, ones that could eventuate increased demand on VME and VPX technology.

• VME turns 30

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  VME celebrates its 30th anniversary by looking ahead to its 40th.

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