Webcasts
Current Webcasts
June 12, 20082:00 PM EDT
Rough, REDI, and now FPGAs
By now you’ve heard of VXS – and maybe even VPX – but just what the heck do they all mean? After all, you’re still supporting systems with VME32, and “2eSST” sounds like a European supercar. Well, strap in, because serial fabric-enabled VME boards in VXS and VPX flavors are now available off-the-shelf. Additionally, the VPX-REDI standard allows for ultra high heat and liquid cooling, while the new FMC mezzanine complements XMCs by directly bolting FPGA co-processors to base cards. Alphabet soup? You bet. This E-cast sorts it all out for you so you’re “REDI” when your boss asks.
Archived Webcasts
Using ATCA for Low-Latency, Control-Loop Applications
Real-time computing for sophisticated industrial equipment must deal with hard, deterministic real-time constraints. Breaking the input-to-output latency can result in machine failure, unacceptable performance, and down-time. Existing bus-based computing systems are running out of bandwidth and introducing unacceptable latency. This webcast will discuss fabric-based solutions based on the ATCA standard that are cost-effective, scalable, and well suited to meet the demanding, low-latency control-loop requirements of industrial-equipment applications. VME VXS Systems: High-Value, Cost-Effective Solutions
This webinar will start at a high-level and examine several typical SIGINT and ELINT systems, then drill down into theoretical architectural attributes needed to keep them humming. Finally, examples of real systems will be presented, using actual-deployed Mercury PowerStream, VPA-200, and RF/FPGA production VME and mezzanine products. RapidIO in Military System Design
The Serial RapidIO switched fabric provides military electronics designers with high-performance I/O capability for network centric-warfare, radar, sonar, and other throughput-intensive applications. Connecting box to box by working through the backplane, RapidIO is widely in use in military applications where heavy duty moving of raw data within the system is necessary. This webcast in conjunction with the RapidIO Trade Association will cover the latest RapidIO design trends, program wins, technology development, and roadmaps. Keeping it Cool: Managing Thermals and Power
Thermal and power management is widely considered to be the crucial link in the ability to embrace high-performance computing technology in military system design. Current and future generation processors create escalating thermal demands on military designers. This webcast with industry expert James Robles, will look at the latest solutions for improving power efficiency through cooling chips and boards as well as thermal issues in aging military platforms.
Robles' presentation - "Aerospace Thermal Management Challenges and Solutions, A Boeing Perspective" will discuss how the aerospace thermal management challenge is driven by 1) the user's inexhaustible demand for greater processing capability for Image Exploitation (IE) applications, such as Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) and Moving Target Engagement (MTE), and for high data rate communications both on aircraft and spacecraft; 2) the move to More Electric Vehicles to reduce weight and power consumption by eliminating hydraulic actuation systems; and 3) the need for Directed Energy Weapons (DEW). This presentation will address trends in this area as well as selected potential solutions. Following Robles will be presentations from Richard Jaenicke of Mercury Computer Systems, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, and Tracewell Systems.
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