Editors Foreword
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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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VME, thanks for the memories
New Editorial Director Jerry Gipper reflects on 30 years of VMEbus and a changing of the guard.
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Optional ethics? No freakin' way.
Disclosure of patents/patent applications to the VSO have helped avoid predatory patents and added other valuable benefits to VITA specs... in short, DO THE RIGHT THING!
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Too cool
New patent-pending CoolWall chassis sandwiches alloys and takes the heat beyond the competition.
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In the mirror: VITA, VSO, and VPX
A look back at 2010’s goings-on
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Survey says: VPX is the new VME
A three-month VITA survey says VPX is going to do well, though VME isn’t going away anytime soon. [Editor's note: For further study, check out VMEnow (www.vmenow.com) and our VPX microsite (http://channels.opensystemsmedia.com/VPX)].
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Bringing the programmable imperative to space
Suddenly space is the place, where most people think of space ships, the Space Shuttle, and Star Trek. But the reality is that most of the world’s efforts in space tech are invested in only one area: Satellite Communications (SATCOM). Interestingly, both Mentor Graphics and Xilinx recently introduced new FPGAs and EDA tools intended for radiation-hardened designs in SATCOM, yet they are taking wildly different approaches.
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Mentor automates requirements tracking for the military market
Mentor Graphics is targeting aerospace and defense applications with design tools for hardware, software, and systems, including a requirements management tool.
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VITA: Another Auld Lang Syne
What’ll the next decade bring for this uber-successful trade organization and its leader?
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Open specifications for highly available, mission-critical systems
When you read the title above, do you think about VME? Maybe, but there are other choices – and they’re influencing VPX Gen 2.
