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PC/104 a presence at Embedded World 2016
PC/104 had a strong showing at the recent Embedded World 2016 trade show in Nuremberg, Germany. Slick PC/104 demonstrations showed robust graphics processing, industrial Internet of Things (IoT) gateways, innovative Ethernet switches, ARM/FPGA combinat...
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DoD budget request funds platforms that leverage small form factors
Regardless of which military trade show I attend or what military application is being discussed at a show, the common trend is that everything is getting smaller, whether it's GPS systems, avionics computers, unmanned aircraft system (UAV) payloads, etc. This trend bodes well for suppliers to the military of small-form-factor standards such as PC/104, COM Express, or SMARC.
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Shrinking automotive AI to smaller form factor for safety, autonomous driving
The automotive industry, just now entering the age of artificial intelligence (AI), is looking at the issues of vehicle safety and training for the future of autonomous vehicles. In this Q and A with Danny Shapiro, senior director of automotive at NVIDIA, he discusses how deep learning technology is being put to use in the pursuit of fully autonomous vehicles, which NVIDIA forecasts as perhaps closer than you might think.
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The advantages and disadvantages of using commodity ARM evaluation platforms in production
Most folks in the ARM embedded world are familiar with names like Raspberry PI, BeagleBone, Xplained, etc. These boards, as well as a whole host of others from various ARM board manufacturers, have enticing price points that lure us into considering th...
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Cool power sensation
GPGPUs, hybrid chips originally developed for gaming are designed for improved power performance, fill a gap for military customers.
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Nanoscale "memristive" RF switches enable on-the-fly IC reconfiguration
"Memristive" RF switches will help reconfigure a device to act as either a satellite receiver or a radar.
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For COTS, small is the next big thing
An industry perspective from Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions
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Smaller form factors benefit electronic warfare applications
Small form factor (SFF) requirements continue to drive higher-performance computing platforms in electronic warfare (EW) and other signal-processing intensive applications year after year as there is an insatiable need for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR). Airborne EW is a critical component of the military's overall EW strategy and almost all approaches desire more computational performance while reducing size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) as more capabilities are added.
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Designing for forward and backward compatibility is key to managing obsolescence
The military and defense community struggles with the issue of obsolescence as it works to accept new designs for COTS products. This environment requires suppliers, especially smaller ones, to innovate or die. But the outlook is not bleak for companie...
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Defense electronics and 3D printing
The Department of Defense (DoD) is notorious for kicking tires on new technology for years before deploying it in mission-critical applications – and only after rigorous testing. However, with 3D printing they seem to be doing more than kicking the tires.
Stephen St. Amant, PC/104 Consortium President
John McHale, Editorial Director
Brandon Lewis, Technology Editor
John McHale, Editorial Director