Summary: VME Technology has an indispensable place in the design of critical embedded systems. These are the systems that must be “able” in many dimensions, including: dependable, supportable, configurable, reliable, and serviceable. VME Technology is a favorite choice for critical embedded systems architectures around the world in countless applications.
By Ilan Weizman, Surf Communication Solutions, Inc.
Summary: In this paper, we will first examine the market drivers and competing service delivery technologies for mobile video. We will then review several leading mobile video services, and present selected video-processing extensions for mobile video delivery platforms. Finally, we will conclude by summarizing the benefits of mobile video for telecom equipment manufacturers (TEMs) and systems integrators (SIs) on the one hand, and for mobile network operators (MNOs) and value-added service providers (VASPs) on the other.
By Paul Wacker, Advantech, Industrial Automation Group
Summary: Today, manufacturing organizations world wide are working on reducing complexity in the manufacturing process and increasing the transparency of processes throughout the enterprise.
The ability to communicate data from any part of the enterprise to any other part of the enterprise is core to making modern manufacturing work.
By Mike Berryman, Advantech, Industrial Automation Group
Summary: Automation computers can be anywhere, and do very many things. Modern automation computers are connected to networks that may be connected to other networks throughout the plant, and via TCP/IP to the entire world.
Summary: The inner workings of the digital receiver are explored and actual digital receiver systems and commercially available products are described.
Summary: With nvSRAM's enabling technology now scaling to 130 nm and under, access times are 40 percent faster, and four to eight times higher densities are provided. Meanwhile, to keep pace, the latest nvSRAM devices are now ahead of their battery-backed SRAM, parallel FRAM, MRAM, and EEPROM rival technologies in many legacy applications.
Summary: A customer reference story illustrates how using FPGAs in redesign reduces hardware costs by nearly half while increasing overall performance and accelerating the speed of the application.
Summary: For mobile and handheld device manufacturers, the evolution of Compute-On-Module (COM) products has largely been a story of more capable modules being developed to better meet the need for small size, low power, and good performance. In order to meet competitive imperatives, the need for flexibility and low cost has played a key role as well. With every new generation of technology, engineers must balance all those factors, and in doing so, they must look forward to ongoing compatibility with future components, in order to avoid costly redesign down the road.
By Ni Jinjiang, Todd Keaffaber, Nirlay Kundu, Zhu Zengxi, CP-TA
Summary: B-STAR, in coordination with CP-TA, integrated an IPTV application using ATCA building blocks tested with CP-TA’s test tools. The goal was to quantitatively show a reduction in integration time using hardware components that were CP-TA tested. This paper documents B-STAR’s integration effort and serves as a process template exemplifying the use of CP-TA’s test tools and standardized test report.
