Product category: CompactPCI Boards and Assemblies
News Release from: Adlink Technology | Subject: ATCA products
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 07 February 2005
The future of AdvancedTCA
Jeff Munch, Chair of the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group AdvancedTCA Subcommittee, examines whether ATCA has delivered on its promises.
The AdvancedTCA specification was ratified by PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG) in December 2002 At that time, ATCA promised to revolutionise the telecomms infrastructure by providing high performance, cost effective, standards based platforms that could be provided by multiple vendors
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Feb 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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