April 2005

Departments Publisher's Notebook Who Asked Me Anyway? Inside Track COTS Products Editorial RapidIO's Rapid Comeback

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Features

Hardware Assets
Switched Fabrics

Switched Fabrics and the Military Market
David B. Cotton

Perhaps both RapidFabric and InfiniBand will find significant market niches in the embedded COTS military market, but it is highly probable that PCI Express Advanced Switching Interconnect might claim a larger share than either or both.

Strong Momentum, Robust Ecosystem: The Facts on RapidIO
Iain Scott, RapidIO Trade Association

Switched Fabrics Supercharge Data Acq Apps
Andrew Reddig, President and CTO, TEK Microsystems and Steve Birch, CTO Real Time Embedded Systems Group QinetiQ

By blending FPGA preprocessing and switch fabric throughput, data acquisition systems can achieve new levels of functionality and performance.

On the Softer Side
Modeling and Middleware

DDS Spec Outfits Publish-Subscribe Technology for the GIG
Gerardo Pardo-Castellote, Real-Time Innovations

Recently finalized, the OMG’s Data-Distribution Service (DDS) for Real-Time Systems enables real-time, data-critical applications for the Global Information Grid.

Agile MDA Speeds Development of Complex Code: Part II
Stephen J. Mellor, Mentor Graphics

Modeling standards help keep complex projects manageable. Agile MDA puts a faster spin on standards-based modeling methodologies.

Code Generator Schemes Aid Safety-Critical Code Development
Jakob Gärtner, Esterel Technologies

Test and Screening
Shock and Vibration

Vibration Test Goals: Efficient, Effective and Valid
John Starr, CirVibe

Even the most rigorous and thorough test methods can miss their mark, without proper understanding and analysis of the test results.

Technology Focus
Data Acquisition

Flexing SSD Strengths for High-Reliability Data Recorders
Rudy Bruce, BiTMICRO Networks

Flash SSDs are lightweight, rugged and able to survive high altitudes and varying temperatures. These characteristics, plus their ability to achieve faster sustained writes with no gap between reloads, makes them highly desirable for military data acquisition and recording.

High-Speed Data Acquisition Systems Benefit from New Shared-Memory Communication Technology
Ralph Barrera and Larry Cosenza, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing

Data acquisition can require high-throughput, distributed-processing systems that are scalable, deterministic, provide low latency, offer a high degree of platform independence and deliver high reliability—such as may be found in shared-memory implementations.

COTS VME Boards and StarFabric Provide Balanced, High-Performance Solutions for Large Signal Processing Systems
Mike Jadon, Micro Memory

By introducing StarFabric-based COTS products, multiprocessor systems can now be built around an open, industry-standard topology.

Special Feature

COTS Decision Makers to Gather at Inaugural MEECC Event