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Nov 12, 2009
Bits&Chips 2009 Embedded Systems
Eindhoven, Netherlands

06/30/2009
AdvancedMC systems for industrial applications
Following the success of CompactPCI there is now a further PICMG standard that has already established itself on the market - Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AMC). In contrast to the parallel bus systems of VME and CPCI, AdvancedMC is based on serial interfaces and supports different transport systems such as, for example, PCI-Express, Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Serial Rapid I/O and SAS (Serial Attached SCSI)/SATA (Serial ATA). Using the MicroTCA standard (Micro-Telecom Computing Architecture) it is possible build systems based on AMCs that can be used beyond the telecommunication industry. AMCs offer everything needed for creating industrial multi-processor systems. According to the MicroTCA specification, however, the systems would be more complex due to high redundancy and application specific configurations needed in the telecommunications industry. By dispensing with the unnecessary, telecom-specific components it is possible to significantly reduce the costs for industrial applications.

06/30/2009
A successful symbiosis for industrial image processing
Agent software from Asentics with multicore industrial servers from Kontron

06/30/2009
Soccer player versus machine
Kontron ThinkIO-Duo Embedded IPC with multi-core performance delivers ultra-fast image processing for industrial vision control applications