System Requirements Drive OpenVPX and VME Choices
Military system designers have the tough task of continually developing the most technologically superior applications. All are looking to win in this highly competitive market, andRead More...
OpenVPX and VME Contend with Overlaps and Differences
Since its beginning in the early 1980s, VME has evolved and even mutated in later years. The evolution was driven by the desire to support faster and newer technologies such asRead More...
VME SBCs Secure Their Hold as Tech Refresh Kings
As the U.S. Military moves into a new phase of seriously curtailed budgets, the focus will move strongly toward strategies of upgrading existing platforms and refreshing theirRead More...
VME and VPX Solutions Feed Growing Appetite for ISR Data Processing
In recent years demand for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities has driven a huge ramp-up in data collection capacity. While that shows no signs ofRead More...
VME Still the Right Choice for Radar Upgrades
“Do more with less” is the new budget reality for the United States defense and intelligence community across every mission area and battlespace domain. While Intelligence,Read More...
VME, cPCI and VPX Fuel Technology Upgrade Efforts
While tech upgrades and tech insertion have long been a mainstay for standards-based embedded computing, those activities are quickly moving to center stage these days. In this eraRead More...
Military Storage Systems Span Many Formats and Sizes
While solid state disk drives are by no means a new technology, their evolution is reaching a key tipping point where complete program and data storage can reside on rugged SSDs.Read More...
Hybrid Backplanes Link Legacy VME with OpenVPX Performance
Especially in this period of lean budgets, tried and true embedded computing architectures like VME are expected to enjoy continued success. Today more than 400 programs in theRead More...
Refresh-Centric SBCs Keep VME’s Immortality on Track
VME has a rich and successful legacy in military systems in part because of its unique ability to remain backward compatible and facilitate technology refresh in military programs.Read More...
VME and VPX Data Storage Solutions Face Airborne Challenges
The onslaught of digital devices—from mp3 players to phones to iPads—has created a huge commercial market for flash memory components. As a result, flash memory technology explodedRead More...
