In data-communication subsystems and clustered multiprocessing systems, skyrocketing data rates complicate internal, parallel-bus designs, but point-to-point serial links borrowed from ...

The Amphe-Base series connectors deliver power to backplane assemblies and bus bars. Available in two- or three-position patterns, the parts carry up to 50 A per position with 8-AWG wire and 100 A ...

System-on-chip silicon-backplane intellectual-property vendor Sonics Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.) has released a piece of IP that connects peripheral cores to Sonics' SiliconBackplane or proprietary ...

For three decades, industrial PCs have used two types of internal architecture, motherboards and passive backplanes: ATX motherboards with slots for ISA, PCI and PCIe I/O extensions connected ...

One thing's for sure; we are past the heyday of the motion controller as backplane-expansion card with field wiring. There are two main reasons. First is the trouble of finding a consistent source of ...

I was recently at VITA's Embedded Tech Trends where I had a chance to chat again with Ray Alderman, the chairman of VITA's board. Ray has been working on computers for a long time. We were reminiscing ...