Recent Blog Posts
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FMC enhancements for growing high-speed data needs
Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology has proven to be invaluable to embedded designers for many years. Often acting as an all-in-one solution, FPGAs negate the need for ASIC [Application-specific integrated circuit] technology and reduce the cost of custom IP algorithms in silicon. FPGAs have even aided in de-risking designs by allowing engineers to modify [...]
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Update from the May VSO meeting
PHOENIX, AZ. Jing Kwok was named the new Technical Director of VITA in April of 2014, and the title was effective on May 1. Due to travel delays, Jing was not able to make it to the beginning of the May VITA Standards Organization (VSO) meeting. John Rynearson, former technical director of VITA, presented the [...]
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John Rynearson named first VITA Hall of Fame inductee
John Rynearson, technical director of VITA, is the first person to be inducted into the newly created VITA Technologies Hall of Fame. The news took him by pleasant surprise, announced during today’s VITA Standards Organization (VSO) meeting in Scottsdale, AZ, in front of his friends and peers in the industry. After the announcement was given [...]
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Embedded Tech Trends 2013
The Business and Technology Forum for Critical and Intelligent Embedded Systems The theme for 2013 is “Embedded Technologies in Action.” January 21 and 22, 2013 The Queen Mary Long Beach, CA Embedded Tech Trends is an industry-wide forum where suppliers of board and system level solutions meet to discuss technologies, trends, and products.This is an [...]
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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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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. OpenVPX is intended to be a living framework to embrace new technology and changing market [...]
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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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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). The new name encompasses the small form factor work, reliability guidance, new mezzanines, [...]
Dylan Lang, Samtec
Amanda Harvey, Assistant Editor
