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"VPX (VITA 46) specifications establish a new direction for the next revolution in bus boards. VPX is a proposed ANSI standard which breaks out from the traditional connector scheme of VMEbus to merge the latest in connector and packaging technology with the latest in bus and serial fabric technology. VPX combines best-in-class technologies to assure a very long technology cycle similar to that of the original VMEbus solutions. Traditional parallel VMEbus will continue to be supported by VPX through bridging schemes that assure a solid migration pathway." [1]

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White Paper: OpenVPX Exec Speakout - Kontron AG

By Dirk Finstel (Kontron AG)
Dirk Finstel, CTO at Kontron AG, shares his company's perspective on OpenVPX.

White Paper: OpenVPX Exec Speakout - Themis Computer

By Bill Kehret (Themis Computer)
Bill Kehret, President and CEO at Themis Computer, shares his company's perspective on OpenVPX.

White Paper: OpenVPX Corporate Speakout - DRS Signal Solutions

DRS Signal Solutions
Find out the company's perspective on OpenVPX.

Case study: Using VME to build an FPGA-based data acquisition system

By Fred Joerger (Joerger Enterprises, Inc.)
While many have turned away from VME in favor of VXS, VPX, and even PC-based “computer motherboard” modules, among other iterations, this case study shows that VME is still a viable candidate in FPGA-based data acquisition systems. The primary reasons: Its high pin counts and additional P0 connector – plusses that came in handy when Joerger Enterprises designed its new module’s basecards and daughtercards.

OpenVPX solves VPX interoperability challenges; plans for future features

By Chris A. Ciufo (Editor)
Says OpenVPX’s founder Mercury Computer Systems: “interoperability – as planned.”

VITA 41 (VXS) plays a key role in the VITA ecosystem

By Melissa Heckman (Elma Bustronic)
VITA 41 (VXS) is a vital player in the VITA ecosystem, but why?

Pushing the envelope: VPX SBCs fly on the cusp of military bandwidth and power/performance needs

By David Pursley (Kontron)
VPX has a bright future in the defense arena, considered by many as next-generation VME. Mil/aero designers now have the flexibility to evaluate both when looking at their design requirements, assessing the legacy environment and considering rugged application demands and the types of data being processed now and moving forward. Key considerations include power-efficient performance and bandwidth.

VITA 41.6, 49.0, 49.1, and 58 achieve ANSI recognition

By John Rynearson (VITA)
A roundup of VITA/VSO study and working group activities

Daily Briefing: News Snippets

By Sharon Schnakenburg-Hess (Assistant Managing Editor)
A roundup of recent military trends and contract bends including: 3U CompactPCI joins U.S. Army ranks; RATS welcome on the battlefield, by way of Android; First OpenVPX contract; C-130E says 'goodbye' ... and 'hello'; and many other headlines.

White Paper: OpenVPX Backplane Profiles: Making Sense of System Interoperability for VPX

By Bustronic Technical Team (Bustronic)
What is OpenVPX and what does it mean? What are these profiles, expansion fabrics, control planes, and configurations? Bustronic's white paper offers a background and explanation of VPX, OpenVPX, and VITA 65.

OpenVPX and high-speed interconnects usher in a new era of highly scalable DSP systems

By Rob Hoyecki (Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing)
Hinderances to building large-scale DSP systems are falling by the wayside.

Daily Briefing: News Snippets

By Sharon Schnakenburg (Assistant Managing Editor)
A roundup of recent military trends and contract bends including: NASA's 'background' technology moves forward in development; Boeing demo embodies Future Force; 3U VPX drafted for M1A2; USMC radios: Making the grade?; and many other headlines.

Taking the VPX ecosystem to the next level

By Justin Moll (Elma Bustronic)
The VPX industry needs to add more test/prototype and development tools to its ecosystem, and careful consideration of modules, cooling methods, and subsystem integration is also necessary in furthering the high-speed architecture’s ecosystem.

Why 3U VPX has an edge over CompactPCI for FPGA/DSP military applications

By Rob Hoyecki (Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing)
Making the case for a form factor that the mil-aero COTS community can rely on for high-speed fabric support

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EXTRA! OpenVPX goes from conflict to collaboration

By Chris A. Ciufo, Editor
It’s all over folks: OpenVPX becomes VITA 65; vendors announce boards and systems. The next generation of the venerable VMEbus is born.

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In the cage with ‘800-lb gorillas’: How to compete – or compute

Q&A with Thomas Sparrvik, Vice Chairman of Kontron AG and CEO of Kontron America and Asia-Pacific

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PICMG's xTCA meets VME and VPX head-on

By VME and Critical Systems magazine
Editor's note: Just when we think things might be settling down to a predictable level within VME's relatively stable ecosystem, our recent interview with Mark Overgaard, Pigeon Point Systems' founder and president, reveals otherwise. From the heretofore telecommunications-focused company's recent acquisition by Actel to its participation in OpenVPX, things are anything but predictable. Edited excerpts follow.

Specifications on the defensive

By Jerry Gipper (Contributing Editor)
The defense market is among the brightest stars in the bleak economic downturn, and specifications are guiding the way.

Open specifications for highly available, mission-critical systems

By Chris A. Ciufo (Editor)
When you read the title above, do you think about VME? Maybe, but there are other choices – and they’re influencing VPX Gen 2.

Gates' proposed defense budget for 2010

By Ray Alderman (VITA)
VITA's executive director takes a close-up look at how SECDEF Robert Gates' recently proposed 2010 defense budget will affect VPX and VME sales.

VITA 46.20 and 46.21 suspend meetings pending OpenVPX's completion

By John Rynearson (VITA)
Find out the latest VITA standards development happenings.

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Technology on center stage: VPX, MicroTCA and ... VME64x?

By VME and Critical Systems magazine
An interview with Elma Electronic president and founder Fred Ruegg, who comments on everything from Elma's recent switch from its VITA-only stance to its new role on OpenVPX’s Steering Committee. Meanwhile, Ruegg is an aficionado of MicroTCA, but also threw us the VME64x “curveball.”

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Legacy VME: Not on life support yet

A Q&A with Kontron's Thomas Sparrvik, who says the prudent should watch out for upgrade programs, labeling them "true growth opportunities." Meanwhile, he praises the Atom but admits it has its limits, especially in regard to VPX.

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Gates open to COTS vendors: Considering the shifting landscape

A Q&A with Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing's Lynn Patterson, who tells us what SECDEF Gates' recent proposed budget shifts mean to CWCEC and to the COTS industry. Meanwhile, she tells us a thing or two about OpenVPX and admits VITA has room for improvement.

The best way to run a railroad

By Chris A. Ciufo, Editor
OpenVPX and VITA 65 have joined forces at their own VME "Promontory Point," clearing the way for interoperable VPX boards. All aboard!

OpenVPX: It's all about the backplane

By Ray Alderman (VITA)
Amidst all the angst and enthusiasm surrounding the Mercury Computer Systems-led OpenVPX Industry Working Group, a systems-level focus must prevail.

VITA 42.0 receives ANSI recognition, VITA 46.14 tackles analog and RF on VPX

By John Rynearson (VITA)
Get an update on the latest VITA standards' statuses and objectives with information provided by VITA technical director John Rynearson.

VITA 62 brings COTS power supplies to VPX

By Patrick Shaw (General Dynamics Canada)
The nascent VITA 62 standard aims to support VITA 46 (VPX) by defining electrical and mechanical requirements for COTS power supply modules.

Mercury's 'OpenVPX Industry Working Group' colors outside VSO's lines: An efficient technology fast-track or Pandora's box?

A Q&A with Mercury Computer Systems' Greg Tiedemann, who answers questions about Mercury's recently announced, VSO/VITA-independent OpenVPX Industry Working Group.

VITA 65 versus OpenVPX: Why can't we all just get along?

By Chris A. Ciufo (Editor)
Everyone agrees on the mandate for interoperability between VPX boards, regardless of the cost. And boy, is it going to cost: time, money, and m... (continues)

3U VPX tackles needs of today's net-centric battlefield

By Nauman Arshad (Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing)
3U VPX SBCs are helping to bring to life the DoD's net-centric vision.

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MicroTCA's role expands in modern battlefields

By David Pursley (Kontron)
MicroTCA – with its ruggedness and small form factor, high availability, and multicore support – is proving itself a viable contender against CompactPCI, VME, and even the up-and-coming VPX.

OpenVPX Industry Working Group: Open for business, or just controversy?

By Chris A. Ciufo (Editor)
The rhetoric is flying as intense debate rages over what might be the newest “next-generation version of the VMEbus.”

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White Paper: VPX: VMEbus for the 21st Century

GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc.
VPX, revered by some embedded industry players as a veritable "rising star" in the VME realm, is bringing new levels of computing performance to today's – and tomorrow's – embedded military applications.

Those VPX surprises just keep a'coming

By Sharon Schnakenburg (Associate Editor)
I recently heard someone say, "Every day is a surprise." Never before is this as true as it is now in the VPX world, considering Mercury's formation of its own outside-VITA OpenVPX Industry Working Group and VPX purveyor Elma Electronic's acquisition of ACT/Technico.

VITA 47: Environmental considerations for VITA technologies

By Ivan Straznicky (Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing)
While differing requirements among military applications can make ruggedizing plug-in modules anything but simple, VITA 47 is clearing the path.

VSO Update plus Defining Standards special feature: VITA 46.14

By John Rynearson (VITA) and Robert Normoyle (DRS-Signal Solutions)
A status update and activity chart on the latest VITA standards. Plus BONUS feature: Defining Standards VITA 46.14: Building the industry's first RF backplane interconnect standard.

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VPX bulks up with new "dot-specs"

By Jing Kwok (Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing)
Gaining an increasingly stronger foothold in the military embedded market, VITA 46 (VPX) spawns its VITA 46.9, 46.10, 46.12, and 46.14 dot-specs, among others.

White Paper: QuiXilica V5 Architecture: The High Performance Sensor I/O Processing Solution for the Latest Generation and Beyond

By Andrew Reddig (TEK Microsystems, Inc.)
Military sensor data processing applications for communications, radar, and electronic warfare have an insatiable demand for increased signal performance. Sensors continually require more channels, increased processing capabilities, higher memory performance and greater communications bandwidth.

In 2008, software out-innovates hardware

By Chris A. Ciufo (Editor)
More than ever before, it’s getting tougher for hardware vendors to add features that don’t come from software.

 

VPX Video

MILCOM 2009 Live OpenVPX Small Form Factor Video Featuring Hybricon Corporation & Curtiss Wright Embedded Computing Demonstrating the newest OpenVPX System at MILCOM Boston 2009.
From controversy to collaboration: Curtiss-Wright and Hybricon turn the turmoil of VPX into a working OpenVPX collaborative demo.
On October 18, 2009, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing partnered with Hybricon to make industry history with the first public demonstration of a live OpenVPX™ (VITA 65) system at MILCOM 2009/Boston.

Vendors and Products
 

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Inc. SBC310
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Inc. SBC320 3U VPX
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Inc. DSP220
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Inc. SBC340
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Inc. CR9
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Inc. DSP230
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Inc. CRX800
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Inc. NEXUS Forte
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Inc. VG6
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Inc. IB4X-V41-CC
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Inc. ICS-8551
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Inc. GRA110
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Inc. VPXcel6 SBC620
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Inc. VMIVME-7807
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Inc. PMC-0247
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Inc. ICS-8560
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Inc. TM-680
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Inc. PMC672/M
GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, Inc. PIO-PMC1
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