AMC Boards Market
According to VDC Research Group, merchant AMC boards revenues will almost double during the next three years. Growth of the merchant AMC board market is projected to be relatively flat through 2010, before significant growth is expected in 2011 and 2012. According to VDC, AMC board shipments have been driven mainly by the use of [...]
Extensible Host Controller Interface Draft Specification
Intel Corporation recently unveiled the Extensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI) draft specification revision 0.9 in support of the USB 3.0 architecture, also known as SuperSpeed USB. The xHCI draft specification provides a standardized method for USB 3.0 host controllers to communicate with the USB 3.0 software stack. Interoperability among devices from multiple manufacturers is important [...]
1394 CU Copper Automotive Standard
The 1394 Trade Association recently announced the new 1394 Automotive specification for copper cabling media, designed to optimize the use of the 1394 (FireWire) standard in entertainment, environmental control, camera, and other in-vehicle applications. The new specification extends the original IDB-1394 Automotive Specification to include operation over cost-effective automotive-grade, high-performance copper cabling media. All of [...]
Universal Graphics Module Standard 1.1
Kontron recently released version 1.1 of the Universal Graphics Module (UGM) standard for shigh-end PEG graphics. The latest revision optimizes system design and reduces costs by defining the height of UGM Graphic-on-Modules in accordance with the PICMG-defined COM Express[tm] specification. This enables designers working with COM Express[tm] modules and UGM Graphic-on-Modules to use a single [...]
1394-2008 High Performance Serial Bus Standard
The IEEE Standards Board recently approved the 1394-2008 specification. 1394-2008 combines all IEEE-1394 specifications developed since the audio-video multimedia standard was founded in 1994. The 1394-2008 High Performance Serial Bus Standard updates and revises all prior 1394 standards dating back to the original 1394-1995 version, and including 1394a, 1394b, 1394c, enhanced UTP, and the 1394 [...]
Qseven COM Specification 1.1
The Qseven consortium recently published version 1.1 of the Qseven specification for embedded computer modules. Qseven is unlike other Computer-On-Modules (COM) standards because its primary focus is mobile and ultra mobile applications. It defines fast serial differential interfaces such as PCI Express and Serial ATA but omits support for legacy interfaces like EIDE and PCI. [...]
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