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A world perspective: How the triple whammy affects it all - Story
September 24, 2009
Having recently announced the dissolution of joint venture of GE and Fanuc, the soon-to-be-renamed GE Intelligent Platforms is not unlike the defense industry itself - rife with change and evolution. Thus, in our exclusive interview, Peter Cavill, General Manager Military & Aerospace at GE tells us about the triple whammy of worldwide changes and challenges that, he says, make predicting the future of defense spending a job for the brave or the foolish. Edited excerpts follow.
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COTS vendors step up to new multicore processors - Story
September 23, 2009
Multicore devices have been on the market awhile, but they are not yet widely used in real-time embedded applications. However, the desire for improved performance with less power in a smaller package is driving new multicore device designs.
Radar/EW
DSP library portability speeds application development - Story
June 17, 2009
Though DSP libraries abound for AltiVec-based applications, new architectures require new potential hosts for DSP applications. Thus, new libraries providing advanced portability are integral to the equation.
Avionics
Rugged displays do more than meets the eye - Story
May 16, 2009
Today's rugged display monitors must be able to do more than just produce pretty pictures; they must also meet harsh environment and EMC requirements, and potentially integrate with an entire embedded computing subsystem or touch screen.
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Enabling AdvancedTCA to support truly distributed processing applications - Story
May 16, 2009
An important limitation has previously prevented AdvancedTCA from establishing itself even more widely as the communications architecture of choice for next-generation networks. That limitation is PCI Express control architecture definitions. However, this challenge can be overcome through an understanding of serial link technologies including the impact of PCI Express bridging and reference clock shortcomings, along with corresponding open systems standards and a universal AMC.
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VMEbus supports 64-bit Core 2 Duo processors - Story
March 20, 2009
Contrary to many industry pundits' gloomy predictions, VMEbus continues to survive and flourish. The simple reason is that it still offers real value, whether this is measured in cost, time, performance, or its unique blend of functionality for many new applications. In addition, it provides the most cost-effective upgrade path for the very large base of existing VME implementations, in both industrial and military systems. VME has managed to maintain backward compatibility through its extraordinarily long lifetime, preventing its market from becoming fragmented by customers exploring other options. Embedded applications are now realizing the performance and ease-of-use benefits of Intel's Core 2 Duo processors which, when combined with the extensive and flexible I/O capability possible within the VME profile, extends VME's potential to a much broader application base.
Radar/EW
VMEbus supports 64-bit Core 2 Duo processors - Story
March 20, 2009
Contrary to many industry pundits' gloomy predictions, VMEbus continues to survive and flourish. The simple reason is that it still offers real value, whether this is measured in cost, time, performance, or its unique blend of functionality for many new applications. In addition, it provides the most cost-effective upgrade path for the very large base of existing VME implementations, in both industrial and military systems. VME has managed to maintain backward compatibility through its extraordinarily long lifetime, preventing its market from becoming fragmented by customers exploring other options. Embedded applications are now realizing the performance and ease-of-use benefits of Intel's Core 2 Duo processors which, when combined with the extensive and flexible I/O capability possible within the VME profile, extends VME's potential to a much broader application base.
