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Bridge telecom to other industry platforms: The introduction of MicroTCA platforms has opened the door for AdvancedMC (AMC) modules to be deployed in numerous applications, and in many more industries such as telecommunications, wireless, aerospace/defense, medical, and industrial automation. AMC modules constitute the next generation of ‘carrier grade’ communication equipment.

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Tony reminds us of the objectives aimed for during PICMG’s development of the Advanced Mezzanine Card (AdvancedMC) specification and notes that specification’s place in endeavors including Long Term Evolution (LTE) and WiMAX.

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AdvancedMCs provide an effective means to implement standards-based modular entities, but they might not be a solution for everything. Determining the right fit requires an understanding of thermals, connectivity, usage models, and functional modularity.

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As AdvancedMCs grow in popularity, the usage models are evolving, with several areas still in flux. CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems Editorial Director Joe Pavlat discusses these areas with RadiSys' Venkataraman "VP" Prasannan.

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Created to support the Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA), the Advanced Mezzanine Card (AdvancedMC) specification provides designers with a powerful and flexible basis for creating high-performance applications.

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AdvancedTCA has rapidly emerged as the platform technology of choice for the delivery of innovative telecommunications infrastructure solutions. Standards enable delivery of high performance and high throughput solutions, as well as defined reliability and management architecture. The AdvancedTCA integration framework allows ease of mixing an... (continues)

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Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AdvancedMCs) appear to be on the way to creating a market bigger than all PCI Mezzanine Cards (PMCs) and other daughterboards combined. There are two main reasons this is likely to occur – AdvancedMCs have the right scale for a hot-pluggable Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) and they leverage AdvancedTCA standardization... (continues)

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If you think the new Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) standard is “just another mezzanine card” or if you think it’s just a subset of the AdvancedTCA specification and it will arrive sometime in the future, then you may have completely missed the boat. AMC boards and chassis are here today. They are being adopted in platforms ranging from ... (continues)

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This is the latest in a series of articles describing Advanced Mezzanine Card, the industry’s next generation mezzanine standard, by providing a preview of the PICMG AdvancedMC.0 specification. In this article Lawson and Mark describe why we need a new mezzanine standard.... (continues)

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In this article Mike discusses an efficient interconnection of off-the-shelf silicon that avoids the requirement for added bridge chips on each AMC.... (continues)

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In this article Mark focuses on the management aspects of the AdvancedMC base specification, AMC.0, which is nearing completion within PICMG. AMC.0 extends the definition of an AdvancedTCA IPM Controller (IPMC) with additional responsibilities to function as an AMC carrier IPMC, representing its installed AMC modules to the shelf manager. AMC... (continues)

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PICMG’s Advanced Mezzanine Card (AdvancedMC) specification is the next generation mezzanine standard optimized for (but not limited to) Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA) platforms and high-speed Low Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS) interconnects. Important changes have occurred in the AdvancedMC specification since ... (continues)

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This article describes the PMC standard.... (continues)

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This article discusses the evolution of XMCs and their compatibility with PMCs.... (continues)

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This article discusses the attributes of AdvancedTCAs.... (continues)