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True Robots Differ Substantially from Other Automated Systems

The topic of robotics comes with a certain number of preconceived notions. On one end, robots are ambulatory, linguistically endowed anthropomorphic intelligent machines—the stuffRead More...

Industry Insider

Industry Insider

Intel Buys McAfee for Over $7 Billion In what turns out to be the biggest purchase in its history, Intel has acquired anti-virus software maker McAfee for $7.68 billion. The deal appeaRead More...

Industry Watch

Transitioning From Analog to Digital in Medical Designs

The burgeoning medical device industry stands to make significant advances with a new generation of microcontrollers that boasts high performance and low power consumption. These microcRead More...

Technology Connected

Upgrade Existing Industrial Networks with Fiber Optics

Factory automation, control and management have become crucial to the world’s supply chain. High-volume consumer product and automotive manufacturing, for example, require secure,Read More...

Technology Deployed

Prototyping Autonomous Robots with FPGAs

It may sound like science fiction, but robots are becoming more and more integral parts of our lives—from modern applications like cleaning floors and performing surgeries to futuRead More...

Technology in Context

Beamforming Systems Moving Toward New VPX and FPGA Solutions

Beamforming is a signal processing technique that utilizes an array of sensors to achieve directionality, increase the strength of transmitted signals and improve the quality of receiveRead More...

Is There Life Beyond Defense and Aerospace for VPX?

What does a Navy SH-60 helicopter landing on a ship have in common with an oil rig and a coal mine? Answer, they are all extremely dangerous places with harsh environments of temperaturRead More...

The Quest to Navigate the OpenVPX Standard: VITA 65

Much has been written recently about the new OpenVPX standard known as VITA 65. This article provides an introduction to the structure of the specification. In order to define a system,Read More...

Technology in Systems

Thermal Management and Power Integrity in Tight Spaces

The advent of programmable logic devices (PLDs) increased circuit component miniaturization and increasing circuit densities on PCBs have introduced an exponential increase in power denRead More...