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Learn the nuts and bolts of how the AdvancedMC platform forms a basis for flexible AdvancedTCA designs and the new MicroTCA system-level specification, which gives telecom equipment solutions providers a versatile tool for addressing applications with tight cost and space restraints. As an ever-increasing number of developers turn to AdvancedMC building blocks for producing highly reliable, highly functional network platforms, is there a best approach to choose from what may be too many port usage, I/O, form factor, voice/multimedia support, and port density options? Tune in for ideas on how TEMS can capitalize on this powerful platform.

Today's multicore processors are designed to deliver outstanding performance, and embedded designers need to understand both the hardware and the software to optimize their systems. In this live event, we'll hear from AMD and Ardence on key points in their multicore architectures, and techniques to tune and optimize multicore performance.

Five organizations are working together to drive a mainstream market for open industry standards-based communications platforms. Join the Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA), Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG), Service Availability Forum (SA Forum), and the SCOPE Alliance for a discussion of how these organizations are changing the telecom industry by delivering on the promise of true interoperability.

High-performance processing in a 3U form factor offers unique capabilities that address the severe size, weight, and power constraints for deployed mission-critical applications such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles (HMMWVs). This seminar presents an RF channelizer application example running on the PowerStream 3100 integrated 3U CompactPCI multicomputer from Mercury Computer Systems.

In the coming months, we will see great activity pertaining to VITA 46, and its related standards VITA 48 and VITA 56. Chris Ciufo will investigate the markets and applications for all of these - and more - to try to help readers understand where each fits, and why.

The Cell Broadband Engine (BE) processor is a breakthrough technology capable of massive floating-point processing for compute-intensive applications. Originally designed for the home entertainment market, the Cell BE processor's architecture of nine heterogeneous on-chip cores is ideal for the type of distributed, real-time processing that will power tomorrows digital battlefield.

Modular standards such as AdvancedTCA and AdvancedMCs promise Telecom Equipment Manufacturers reduced design and manufacturing costs as well as marketing advantages from standards claims. The potential market scale for these standards encompasses green-field equipment opportunities, customization prospects, and increased demand for large, scalable network processing.

VXS adds a high-speed, serial RapidIO fabric to the battle-tested VME architecture. This VITA 41.