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What is VPX?
What is VPX-REDI?
Current Products
Press Releases
Articles
Other Resources
VPX (VITA 46)
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.
Technologies called for in VPX include:
- Both 3U and 6U formats
- New 7-row high speed connector rated up to 6.25 Gbps
- Choice of high speed serial fabrics
- PMC and XMC (VITA 42) mezzanines
- Hybrid backplanes to accommodate VME64, VXS and VPX boards
VPX Photos
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VPX-REDI (VITA 48)
The Ruggedized Enhanced Design Implementation (REDI) laid out in VITA 48 describes how to implement layout techniques to better support cooling methodologies on specific board form factors. Currently, it covers enhanced forced-air cooling (using baffles and plenums), advanced conduction cooling (using larger and more efficient thermal interfaces), and liquid cooling. It also addresses the use of ESD covers on both sides of the board, a necessary feature for military two-level maintenance strategies.
VPX-REDI Presentation
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Current VPX/VPX-REDI Products
Single Board Computers
Digital Signal Processors
CHAMP-AV6 VPX Quad PowerPC 8641
CHAMP-FX2 FPGA Application Accelerator
Carrier Cards
Chassis
Switches
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Press Releases
- 07/23/07 - Curtiss-Wright Announces Industry’s First 6U VPX Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Multi-layer Switch/Router (link)
- 04/05/07 - Curtiss-Wright Delivers High-Performance PMC/XMC Expansion for VPX/VPX-REDI Systems with New Rugged Carrier Card (link)
- 03/21/07 - Curtiss-Wright's First VPX-REDI FPGA Engine Features Dual Xilinx Virtex™-5 LXT FPGAs and Freescale 8641 PowerPC® (link)
02/05/07 - Curtiss-Wright Announces First 3U VPX Single Board Computer and Companion 3U Carrier Board (link)
01/18/07 - Curtiss-Wright's CHAMP-AV6 VPX/VPX-REDI Card Named to EDN's Hot 100 Products of 2006 (link)
01/15/07 - Curtiss-Wright Inaugurates "New Era of VPX Computing" with First Live Demonstration of DSP VPX Subsystem (link)
01/15/07 - Curtiss-Wright Boosts VPX System Development with New 6-Slot Lab / Development Chassis (link)
12/21/06 - Curtiss-Wright's New Inter-Processor Communications (IPC) Software Supports SRIO, Switched Serial Fabric on VPX Boards (link)
12/13/06 - Curtiss-Wright Delivers First VPX-based COTS DSP Engines to Wide Range of MIL Applications (link)
01/16/06 - Curtiss-Wright Debut's Industry's First VITA 46 (VPX) DSP Engine: CHAMP-AV6 (link)
09/13/05 - Curtiss-Wright Controls and Elma Electronic to showcase prototypes of Next Generation, High-Performance VITA 46 / VITA 48 System Hardware (link)
05/16/05 - Curtiss-Wright Previews First COTS Continuum™ Product Offerings, Announces Industry's First VITA 46 Boards (link)
01/05 - RedNova News Online: COTS Suppliers Rally Around New VME Specification VITA 46 Addresses the Needs of Mil/Aero Market (link)
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Articles
- RTC Magazine - September 2007 (link)
3U VPX: Rugged, High-Performance Small Form-Factor COTS Comes of Age
- New Electronics - July 2007 (link)
REDI for VPX?
- COTS Journal - June 2007 (link)
VPX Aids Development of Next-Gen SIGINT Systems
- ECNmag.com - May 2007 (external link)
Emerging Trends in Mil/Aerospace Embedded Systems: The new VPX backplane architecture, multi-core processors and the emergence of FPGA-based systems
- Defense Tech Briefs - April 2007 (link)
VPX: The Rugged Bus Architecture for Embedded Military Applications
- RTC Magazine - February 2007 (link)
VPX-Based Systems Need Board-Level Power Management Solutions
- VMEbus Systems - February 2007 (link)
VITA 46.9: Ensuring Mezzanine I/O Pinout Interoperability for VPX and VPX-REDI
- VMEbus Systems - February 2007 (link)
Military Technology Insider - Next-Generation Single Board Computers Reveal the Potential of the New VPX Standard
- VMEbus Systems - October 2006 (link)
An Introduction to VPX: VPX Extends VME in NextGen Mil Systems
- Military Electronics - VPX Article Series 2006 (link)
The Next-Generation of High Performance Backplane Architecture
- Electronic Product Design - September 2006 (link)
VPX Standard is Near to Completion
- Boards & Solutions - April 2006 (link)
VPX and VPX-REDI Standards Enables Next-Generation Applications
- VMEbus Systems - April 2006 (link)
Tackling Challenging Avionics Airborne Mission Computing Applications with VPX (VITA 46)-based Systems
- Military Electronics - March 2006 (link-page 8)
VPX and VPX-REDI Standards Accelerate Backplane Boards
- Military Electronics - March 2006 (link)
VITA 46 Expands with SBC and DSP Engine
- Electronic Products - February 2006 (link)*
VPX Bus is Poised to Assume VME Legacy
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MIL/COTS Digest- Nov/December 2005 (link)*
RT2/VITA 46 article
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RTC October 2005 (link)
Deploying VITA 46 in Real-World Applications
John Wemekamp, Stephane Joanisse and Jing Kwok, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing"
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MIL/COTS Digest- July/August 2005 (link)*
Switched Fabrics and VITA 46
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VMEbus Systems - June, 2005 (link)
Making the right choice: VME64x, VXS, VITA 46, and VITA 48
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VMEbus Systems - February, 2005 (link)
VITA 46 Advanced Module Format - The Future Standard for Military VME
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COTS Journal - February, 2005 (link)
Progress Report - VITA 46 and VITA 48
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RTC- December 2004 (link)
VITA 46 Advanced Module Format- The Emerging Standard for Defense and Aerospace
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Other Resources
- The Business Report Video - VITA 46
As Defense and Aerospace applications become increasingly complex, improved bandwidth and fabric support are key for any standard that will be applied to military platforms. Join Stewart Dewar, Chairman of the VITA 46 standards Committee and John Wemekamp, CWCEC CTO in a discussion and review of this new important military standard that is taking the industry by storm.
Download Windows Media Video (30MB)
Download Quicktime Video (60MB)
- Military & Aerospace Electronics Webcast: VITA 46 (link)
- VPX FAQ Newsletter (link)
- VITA Web Site (link)
- VITA 46 Draft Standard References (link)
- VITA 46 Connector/Module Test Report (link)
- Online Featured Product, Tyco Electronics - VITA 46 Backplane Connectors (link)
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