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May 2008

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A Change Is Gonna Come


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Guess You Had to Be There…


Features

Special Feature
Stand-Alone Rugged Boxes

Stand-Alone Box Trend Broadens and Deepens
Jeff Child, COTS Journal

Driven by a desire for more complete solutions, the embedded computing industry is bulking up its investment in complete stand-alone rugged box-level system products.

Pre-Tested Packaged Approach Speeds System Development
Jacob Sealander, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing

Military prime contractors are hungry for even more integrated solutions. Pre-tested, pre-qualified box-level systems up the ante for that trend.

Tech Recon
Evaluating Mil Networks

Ethernet Poised to Become Unifying Fabric for Grid Computing
Stephen Garrison, Force10 Networks

As the DoD builds out its Net-Centric capabilities, there are significant advantages to employing Ethernet as a unified fabric to help virtualize distributed networked platforms.

System Development
Military Batteries

Silver-Zinc Battery Tech Outshines Li-Ion on Safety Front
Dr. Ross Dueber, ZPower

For rechargeable battery-powered military and aerospace systems, Lithium-Ion isn’t the only game in town. Silver-Zinc provides an inherently safer solution, without sacrificing energy density.

Technology Focus
PC/104 and EPIC Boards

PC/104 Crowd Assimilates PCI Express into Its Camp
Jeff Child

Their compact size and inherent ruggedness make PC/104 and EPIC popular form factors for military systems. Now PCI Express is on deck to join the PC/104 family’s legacy of buses.

PC/104 and EPIC SBC Roundup

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