OpenVPX
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OpenVPX is an Industry Working Group of 28 defense contractors. OpenVPX was founded by Mercury Computer Systems
in January 2009. The OpenVPX Industry Working Group has provided new standards which will replace replace VME and VXS standards in future defense designs.
On October 19, 2009, the OpenVPX working group demonstrated the new standard at MILCOM featuring an OpenVPX backplane in a Hybricon SFF-4 Small Form Factor
conduction-cooled chassis integrated with Curtiss-Wright Controls' small form factor 3U OpenVPX-compliant cards.
Mercury Computer Systems
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. provides high-performance embedded, real-time digital signal and image processing solutions.Mercury designs and builds embedded multicomputers, which may be considered to be either loosely coupled NUMA computers or tightly coupled clusters. Despite being marketed as...
in January 2009. The OpenVPX Industry Working Group has provided new standards which will replace replace VME and VXS standards in future defense designs.
On October 19, 2009, the OpenVPX working group demonstrated the new standard at MILCOM featuring an OpenVPX backplane in a Hybricon SFF-4 Small Form Factor
Hybricon SFF-4 Small Form Factor
The Hybricon SFF-4 Small Form Factor is a baseplate conduction cooled chassis designed for rugged environments with airborne and ground mobile applications, extended temperature, as well as extended shock & vibration tolerance...
conduction-cooled chassis integrated with Curtiss-Wright Controls' small form factor 3U OpenVPX-compliant cards.
See also
- Curtiss-Wright Controls
- Hybricon CorporationHybricon CorporationHybricon Corporation is a provider of systems packaging solutions serving the Military, Aerospace, Homeland Security, Medical and high-end Industrial markets and develops embedded computing systems and solutions for war fighter critical missions using OpenVPX, VPX, VXS, VMEbus, VME64X, CompactPCI,...
- Mercury Computer SystemsMercury Computer SystemsMercury Computer Systems, Inc. provides high-performance embedded, real-time digital signal and image processing solutions.Mercury designs and builds embedded multicomputers, which may be considered to be either loosely coupled NUMA computers or tightly coupled clusters. Despite being marketed as...
- KontronKontronKontron AG is a German-based multinational company which designs and manufactures embedded computer modules, boards and systems.Kontron AG serves OEMs, system integrators and application providers of different market segments...