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ATCA
Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA or AdvancedTCA) is the largest specification effort in the history of PICMG. Known as AdvancedTCA, the official specification designation is PICMG 3.x. AdvancedTCA is targeted to requirements for the next generation of "carrier grade" communications equipment. This series of specifications incorporates the latest trends in high speed interconnect technologies, next generation processors, and improved Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS).
Application Is King; Understanding End Use Is Critical to Embedded Platform Options
Embedded designers face more computing demands than ever before–processing power, thermal considerations, time-to-market–and their efforts are both supported and challenged by anRead More...
24-port GbE ATCA Base Switch Blade with Fastpath Networking Software
A 24-port GbE AdvancedTCA (ATCA) Multilayer Base Switch Blade is based on the Broadcom BCM56312 switch chip. It supports up to thirteen GbE ports for a 14-slot PICMG 3.0 ATCA system,Read More...
Products & Technology
Extreme Rugged Methodology Comes to Mid-Range ETX As part of an initiative to extend its Extreme Rugged product lines, Adlink Technology has announced the first new Ampro byRead More...
Industry Insider
Over $25 Billion: Total Size of the Embedded Software Engineering Market A series of Embedded Systems Market Statistics reports from Venture Development Corporation ResearchRead More...
ATCA SBC with Dual Xeon 5500s, 64 Gbyte RAM to Improve Network Throughput
A new ATCA single board computer is designed for demanding telecommunications networks where it will enable significantly faster network performance than is currently possible. TypicalRead More...
Standards: The Bedrock of the Small Form Factor Community
A common thread that runs through virtually all the significant embedded technologies of the past 20 years is their emergence from an independent industry standards organization.Read More...
Newest Embedded Technology Used by Industry Leaders
DDC Announces New Multi-I/O MIL-STD-1553 / ARINC 429 PCI Card A new multi-I/O PCI Card provides up to four dual redundant MIL-STD-1553 channels, sixteen ARINC 429 receive channels,Read More...
Using I2C for "Behind-the-Scenes" Management
The Advanced Telecommunications Architecture (ATCA) and MicroTCA specifications include hardware platform management capabilities because the target markets demand high reliability andRead More...
Industry Insider
Embedded COTS Vendors Issue Joint Statement on Open Standards Model and VSO Several leading COTS embedded board, subsystem and backplane and enclosure vendors, includingRead More...
Make vs. Buy: The Case for Outsourcing Complete ATCA Systems
Telecom infrastructure industry standards and our collective attitudes toward open systems have evolved to the point where it is no longer necessary for telecom equipment manufacturersRead More...
Newest Embedded Technology Used by Industry Leaders
Industrial USB to Four RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485 Serial Communication Ports A new serial communication adapter offers users the choice of four field selectable RS-232, RS-422, orRead More...
Newest Embedded Technology Used by Industry Leaders
10 GigE Switches Provide IP Carrier Class Routing on 6U cPCI, VME and VPX A family of switches supports jumbo frames, full-wire speed Layer 2 bridging as well as Layer 3 UnicastRead More...
ATCA Market Resilient in Economic Downturn
Analysts tracking the market for AdvancedTCA-based products say the economic downturn has had a relatively small effect on revenues compared with other embedded computing segments andRead More...
AMC Carrier for Three IndustryPack Modules
A standard double-width mid-size or full-size AMC.1-compliant carrier can handle three single-size IndustryPack (IP) modules. The TAMC200 from Tews Technologies can be used to upgradeRead More...
High Bandwidth and Small Form Factor MicroTCA for Flexible Embedded Design
Embedded systems must meet the growing demand for ruggedness, flexibility, mobility and high-end processing, and these attributes should be designed into standards-based solutions thatRead More...
High Availability Moves Beyond Telecom
The topic of Highly Available (HA) Systems is a crucial one for the readers of RTC magazine. Vendors to key verticals such as telecommunications and manufacturing have spent years andRead More...
CP-TA Introduces Self-Testing Program for xTCA Interoperability
The Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA) has introduced a self-testing program for the interoperability of xTCA (AdvancedTCA, MicroTCA, AMC) building blocks. CompaniesRead More...
ATCA Blade with Dual 6-core/12-Thread Xeon L5638
An AdvancedTCA (ATCA) processor blade features dual next-generation 32nm six-core Intel Xeon processors L5638 with 2.00 GHz core speed, the Intel 5520 chipset, up to 48 Gbyte of DDR3Read More...
Using Intelligent Mixed Signal FPGAs for Hardware Platform Management
Sophisticated systems that are designed to be highly dependable usually include some sort of platform management function that monitors and manages the health of the hardware,Read More...
“SWaP” the HDD Form-Factor SSDs in Embedded System Design
In today’s platforms, embedded and industrial rugged system designers continue to search for better ways to deliver solutions with optimal SWaP (Size, Weight and Power)Read More...
Building Scalable Network Processing Platforms with Multicore Processors
As excited new users charge their latest mobile device for the first time, little thought is given to the challenges these new devices bring to the infrastructure that must supportRead More...
40G ATCA Meets LTE – Speeding from Backplanes to Broadband
How much is a Yottabyte? Well if you don’t instantly know the answer let me tell you it’s extremely big, 1024 or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes to be exact. That’s aRead More...
SystemPak Makes ATCA Ready for Tough Field Deployment
A high-performance, multiprocessing system platform is designed to address compute-intensive requirements in command and control data center applications. The ATCA7365 SystemPakRead More...
Standardized LAN-Attached Management Controllers Yield xTCA Performance and Serviceability Gains
Every board and module built for the popular xTCA open modular ecosystem must have a local management controller, and each controller must have an I2C-based link to its managementRead More...
ATCA Open Modular Platform for 4G LTE and Carrier Cloud Network Infrastructure
A new 10 Gigabit Ethernet ATCA open modular platform is a starting point for telecom equipment manufacturers (TEMs) to build on a common platform a multitude of new equipmentRead More...
ATCA Blade with Dual Xeon Processor E5-2648L and AMC Bay
A next-generation AdvancedTCA (ATCA) processor blade features two 1.8 GHz eight-core Intel Xeon processors E5- 2648 L, the Intel C604 chipset, DDR3-1600 memory up to 128 Gbytes and aRead More...
Extreme Performance ATCA Blade with Dual Intel Xeon Processors E5-2658 and E2648L
An AdvancedTCA (ATCA) processor blade features robust computing power, high throughput connectivity and accelerated packet processing capabilities. The aTCA-6250 from Adlink TechnologyRead More...
New FPGA Designs Take Advantage of the Latest COTS Platforms
As FPGAs increase performance in denser packages, they can fit into smaller PCBs and platforms. The latest COTS platforms are meeting these trends—with room for the future. TheRead More...
Industry Insider
Android App for Automation and Control Systems Wins First Place Award At ISA ExpoControl 2012 in Mexico City, industrial automation manufacturer Opto 22 was in the winner’s circle.Read More...
Fourth Generation ATCA Shelf Management Solution
A new fourth generation Shelf Management Mezzanine (ShMM) product has been tested in customer shelves for many months, and multiple customer-specific Shelf Manager boards are now inRead More...
MicroTCA Carrier Hubs Now Support MTCA.4 Spec
Two MicroTCA Carrier Hubs (MCH) have been upgraded to include support of the MTCA.4 specification. Offering the MicroTCA enhancements for rear I/O and precision timing, theRead More...
MicroTCA / AMC Solutions for Real-Time Data Acquisition
Originally designed for high-availability, cost-effective telecom systems, the ATCA architecture using AdvancedMC (AMC) modules has evolved to MicroTCA, an evolving standard nowRead More...