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Published Article Archive


ECNMag.com - February 2008 (external link)
Securing IP Networks: A Primer

VMEbus Systems - February 2008 (link)
3U VPX Enables Greater Performance and Connectivity in Small Form Factors

Military Embedded Systems - February 2008 (link)
Military Technology Insider - Brushing Up on Motor Control

Military Embedded Systems - December 2007 (link)
Military Technology Insider - High-performance Graphics Applications Migrate to PCI Express

Micro Technology Europe - December 2007 (link)
End-to-End Security Over IPv4 and IPv6

Military Embedded Systems - November 2007 (link)
Conduction cooling Reaches New Power Heights

RTC Magazine - November 2007 (link)
Networking for Embedded Switches and Routers: A Primer

VMEbus Systems - October 2007 (link)
Rugged, Mission-critical COTS Reliability Based on Physics of Failure

VMEbus Systems - October 2007 (link)
Military Technology Insider - Packaging Innovation Continues to Push the Limits

ECNMag.com - August 2007 (external link)
Riding the Next Wave of Embedded Multicore Processors

Defense Tech Briefs - October 2007 (external link)
Error-Free Data Acquisition and Archival for High-Bandwidth Military Applications

RTC Magazine - September 2007 (link)
3U VPX: Rugged, High-Performance Small Form-Factor COTS Comes of Age

Boards and Solutions - October 2007 (link)
Line Replaceable Modules Speed Field Maintenance

COTS Journal - August 2007 (link)
Embedded Modules Wrestle with Cooling Challenges

VMEbus Systems - August 2007 (link)
Power Architecture’s Evolution Provides DSP Advantages

VMEbus Systems - August 2007 (link)
Military Technology Insider - Future Combat Systems to Field Network Attached Storage

New Electronics - July 2007 (link)
REDI for VPX?

VMEbus Systems - June 2007 (link)
Time-to-Market, Lifecycle, and RoHS Top Industry Concerns: Q&A with CWCEC’s Lynn Patterson

VMEbus Systems - June 2007 (link)
Military Technology Insider - Physical Layer Switches Ready for Deployment

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

PKG Magazine - May 2007 (link)
Designing, Analyzing and Testing for Shock and Vibration Environments

RTC Magazine - May 2007 (link)
Optimizing Data Recorder System Architecture

RTC Magazine - April 2007 (link)
RTC Interviews Tom Quinly, CEO, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing

Electronic Products - April 2007 (external link)
3U VPX boards: Small form factor meets high performance/high bandwidth

Defense Tech Briefs - April 2007 (link)
VPX: The Rugged Bus Architecture for Embedded Military Applications

VMEbus Systems - April 2007 (link)
Integrating FPGAs and switched Fabrics for Application Acceleration

VMEbus Systems - April 2007 (link)
Military Technology Insider - Open Source is the Future for Software Development Platforms

COTS Journal - April 2007 (link)
FPGAs for Stream Processing: A Natural Choice

RTC Magazine - February 2007 (link)
VPX-Based Systems Need Board-Level Power Management Solutions

VMEbus Systems - February 2007 (link)
Military Technology Insider - Next-Generation Single Board Computers Reveal the Potential of the New VPX Standard

VMEbus Systems - February 2007 (link)
VITA 46.9: Ensuring Mezzanine I/O Pinout Interoperability for VPX and VPX-REDI

COTS Journal - January 2007 (link)
Multicore Processors Energize the VME SBC Realm


VMEbus Systems - December 2006 (link)
Military Technology Insider - Line Replaceable Modules to Drive New Standards

MIL/COTS Digest - November/December 2006 (link)
Ethernet, Serial RapidIO, and PCIe Drive New Military Architectures

VMEbus Systems - October 2006 (link)
Military Technology Insider - FPGA Adoption for Sensors is Here Today: Reconfigurable Computing Still Waits in the Wings

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

RTC Magazine - September 2006 (link)
The 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet Ripple Effect

Electronic Product Design - September 2006 (link)
VPX Standard is Near to Completion

Military Embedded Systems - August 2006 (link)
Board Vendor FPGA Toolkits Make or Break Your Project

VMEbus Systems - August 2006 (link)
Military Technology Insider - Mission-Critical, Solid State Storage

ECE - July 2006 (link)
Embedded Designers Embrace Intel's Multiple Core Processors

MIL/COTS Digest - July/August 2006 (link)
Understanding the Elements of Ruggedization

COTS Journal - July 2006 (link)
Ethernet in the Battlespace: Defense Platforms Get Ready for IPv4/v6

RTC Magazine - June 2006 (link)
XMCs Bring Digital Video Standards to High-Performance Applications

VMEbus Systems - June 2006 (link)
Military Technology Insider - Semiconductor Processing Outstrips Processor Architecture

MIL/COTS Digest - May 2006 (link)
Improving Interoperability with a Common Software Architecture

COTS Journal - May 2006 (link)
FPGA-Based Development for Defense and Aerospace Applications

Boards & Solutions - April 2006 (link)
VPX and VPX-REDI Standards Enables Next-Generation Applications

MIL/COTS Digest - April 2006 (link)
Designing a COTS Liquid-Cooled Chassis

VMEbus Systems - April 2006 (link)
Tackling Challenging Avionics Airborne Mission Computing Applications with VPX (VITA 46)-based Systems

VMEbus Systems - April 2006 (link)
Military Technology Insider - Time To Be Thinking About Middleware

Embedded Computing Design - April 2006 (link)
Image Fusion: Shared Memory Supports Flexible, Multiple Sensor Imaging 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

VMEbus Systems - February 2006 (link)
Adopting Critical Assemblies in Safety-Critical Applications

Military & Aerospace Electronics - February 2006 (link)
Embedded COTS computing suppliers must understand the concept of Evolutionary Acquisition

COTS Journal - January 2006 (link)
Loosely Coupled Scheme Eases Marriage of Graphics and Sensor Video

MIL/COTS Digest - January 2006 (link)*
Serial-FPDP on XMC Delivers On Offloading the VME Backplane

RTC Magazine - January 2006 (link)
Shared Memory Network Targets Video-Centric Data Acquisition


COTS Journal- December 2005 (link)
Serial Switched Fabrics Enable New Architectures for Military Systems

CompactPCI Systems - December 2005 (link)
Helmet Mounted Displays

NASA Tech Briefs, Embedded Technology Report- December 2005
FPGA-based graphic architectures

VMEbus Systems Military Column- December 2005 (link)
Choosing Between Centralized and Distributed Switching

MIL/COTS Digest- Nov/December 2005 (link)*
RT2/VITA 46 article

RTC October 2005 (link)
Deploying VITA 46 in Real-World Applications
John Wemekamp, Stephane Joanisse and Jing Kwok, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing"

RTC October 2005 (link)
Executive Interview - RTC Interviews Tom Quinly, President of Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing

VMEbus Systems Military Column- October 2005 (link)
Physical Layer Switching, the Perfect Complement to Switched Fabrics

MIL/COTS Digest- Column for Sept/October 2005 (link)*
Embedded Graphics - Getting Control is the Key to Long Supply

Electronics Weekly - Oct 2005 (link)*
Developing embedded video and graphics products - the ASIC versus FPGA conundrum

COTS Journal - August, 2005 (link)
Building Blocks Ready for Gbit Ethernet Military Networks

VMEbus Systems Military Column- August 2005 (link)
JPEG 2000, the ideal standard for digital video distribution

NASA Tech Briefs, Embedded Technology Report- August 2005
JPEG 2000 Coming to a Screen Near You

MIL/COTS Digest- July/August 2005 (link)*
Switched Fabrics and VITA 46

RTC- July 2005 (link)
Space Constrained Apps Drive Demand for 3U CompactPCI

VMEbus Systems - June, 2005 (link)
Making the right choice: VME64x, VXS, VITA 46, and VITA 48

VMEbus Systems Military Column- June 2005 (link)
Evolution of Switched Fabrics within the VMEbus Infrastructure

CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems- June 2005 (link)
Beam-forming to scientific modeling: High-density compute platforms offer multiprocessor solutions

MIL/COTS Digest- May and June (link)*
Multi-Layer Display Architectures Simplify Graphical Applications

Advanced Imaging - May, 2005 (link)
When One Standard Doesn't Fit All

MES (Military Embedded Systems) - May 05 (link)
Focus on systems, switched fabrics: Q & A with Tom Quinly, President, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing

CompactPCI and AdvancedTCA Systems - April, 2005 (link)
Space Savings Spotlight Rugged 3U CompactPCI

Electronic Design Europe - April, 2005 (link)
Tactical Training: Displaying The Right Attitude

VMEbus Systems Military Column - April 2005 (link)
Advances in cooling and connectivity

COTS Journal- April 2005 (link)
High-Speed Data Acquisition Systems Benefit from New Shared Memory Communication Technology

RTC- March 2005 (link)*
High-Speed Sensors and Shared Memory

Defence Today - February 2005
Screen Recorders Go Digital

VMEbus Systems Military Column - February 2005 (link)
Military Column: PrPMC- The flexible way to fixed I/O

Military & Aerospace Electronics - February, 2005 (link)
The Sea Change to Serial-Switch Fabrics

Military & Aerospace Electronics - February, 2005 (link)
Dilemma: Databus or Switched Fabric?

VMEbus Systems - February, 2005 (link)
VITA 46 Advanced Module Format - The Future Standard for Military VME

COTS Journal - February, 2005 (link)
Progress Report - VITA 46 and VITA 48

COTS Journal - February, 2005
(link)
Despite Questions of Validity, HALT and HASS Remain Prevalent

Electronic Products - February, 2005
(link)
Selecting a COTS DSP Subsystem for Embedded Military Apps

Embedded Computing Design- January 2005 (link)
Ruggedized Cooling vs. Commercial Cooling


RTC- December 2004 (link)
VITA 46 Advanced Module Format- The Emerging Standard for Defense and Aerospace



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