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Editors Foreword

Dealing with change – Part II

Jerry Gipper, Editorial Director

Change is the only constant, especially in the technology industry – VITA Technologies has made a change, as Editorial Director Jerry Gipper details in his column on the evolution of the publication.

Dealing with change

Jerry Gipper, Editorial Director

Bracing for change in the technology industry is not always easy, but perennially necessary.

VME, thanks for the memories

Jerry Gipper, Editorial Director

New Editorial Director Jerry Gipper reflects on 30 years of VMEbus and a changing of the guard.

Optional ethics? No freakin’ way.

Chris Ciufo, Editor,

Disclosure of patents/patent applications to the VSO have helped avoid predatory patents and added other valuable benefits to VITA specs... in short, DO THE RIGHT THING!

Too cool

Chris A. Ciufo, OpenSystems Publishing

New patent-pending CoolWall chassis sandwiches alloys and takes the heat beyond the competition.

Survey says: VPX is the new VME

Chris A. Ciufo, OpenSystems Publishing

A three-month VITA survey says VPX is going to do well, though VME isn’t going away anytime soon. [Editor's note: For further study, check out VMEnow (www.vmenow.com) and our VPX microsite (http://channels.opensystemsmedia.com/VPX)].

Bringing the programmable imperative to space

Chris A. Ciufo, OpenSystems Publishing

Suddenly space is the place, where most people think of space ships, the Space Shuttle, and Star Trek. But the reality is that most of the world’s efforts in space tech are invested in only one area: Satellite Communications (SATCOM). Interestingly, both Mentor Graphics and Xilinx recently introduced new FPGAs and EDA tools intended for radiation-hardened designs in SATCOM, yet they are taking wildly different approaches.

VITA: Another Auld Lang Syne

Chris A. Ciufo, OpenSystems Publishing

What’ll the next decade bring for this uber-successful trade organization and its leader?