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One Stop Systems Purchases Ciprico Storage Product Lines One Stop Systems has purchased the exclusive manufacturing rights to Ciprico’s MediaVault, Talon 4, and DiMeda productRead More...

Concept to Reality: An Application Architecture with MicroTCA

Much has been written about the virtues of MicroTCA platforms and AdvancedMC (AMC) modules. Both of these technologies have been maturing and there are now numerous options andRead More...

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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...

Small but Mighty: Small Form Factors Gaining Ground

Application-specific technology and expertise are critical to any embedded design. Advantages such as 45nm technology are pervasive and long-term, impacting embedded architecturesRead More...

The Incredible Shrinking Blade Server: New Possibilities beyond the Data Center

While blade servers have grown in popularity as a high-density, cost-efficient and space-saving alternative to rackmount servers in data centers and server farms, newer computingRead More...

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Intel has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wind River Systems, under which Intel will acquire all outstanding Wind River common stock for $11.50 per share in cash, orRead 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...

TCA Management Controller Solution Incorporates In-Shelf LAN Attachment

LAN-Attached TCA Management Controllers: How to Build and Use Them

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

MicroTCA Carrier Hub Family Supports Four Different High Speed Fabrics

MicroTCA Carrier Hub Family Supports Four Different High-Speed Fabrics A new line of modular carrier hubs (MCHs) in the AMC/MicroTCA form factor are aimed at fulfilling theRead More...

Too Much Christmas Music

Compact MicroTCA Platform Holds Four Double-Width AMC Modules

A MicroTCA platform specifically designed for up to four high-end AdvancedMCs features a 10 Gbit/s Ethernet switched backplane enabling high data flow rates. In the maximumRead More...

MicroTCA Robust Platforms For Multi-Core Processing And 10 Gbit/s Switching

Two new, robust MicroTCA platforms, which conform to MTCA.1, are specifically designed for high-end AdvancedMCs and feature a 10 Gbit/s Ethernet switched backplane enabling theRead 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...

MicroTCA Systems for the Evolving Wireless Infrastructure

MicroTCA Systems for the Evolving Wireless Infrastructure

The 4G wireless revolution is making significant market advances with major deployments worldwide. On the heels of this explosive growth in new service deployments is the opportunityRead More...

The Migration Path to MicroTCA

MicroTCA packs a lot of punch in a small form factor that is supported by the powerful processor boards available coupled with multiple high-speed fabric options including XAUI,Read More...

MicroTCA Challenges VPX-Based Systems for Military Applications

PICMG’s Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA) has grown to become a billion-dollar market. As a stable, mature standard grounded in a modular, open systemsRead More...

ATCA Shelf Management Solution Lowers Size and Cost

A fourth generation of Pigeon Point Systems’ Shelf Management Mezzanine (ShMM) products  are already installed in tens of thousands of ATCA shelves worldwide. The ShMM-700R will beRead 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...

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...

Third Generation Intel Core i7 combines with Serial RapidIO on AMC boards

Concurrent Technologies released and demonstrated the latest additions to their MicroTCA product family—the latest AMC processor boards featuring either dual or quad core thirdRead 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...