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2007
- PICMG and Communications Platforms Trade Association Complete Second Successful Interoperability Workshop
- PICMG Creates Document Library
- PICMG Publishes Master Glossary
- PICMG and Communications Platforms Trade Association Wrap Up First Cooperative Interoperability Workshop
- PICMG forms Rugged MicroTCA subcommittee
- PICMG adds Management Firmware Upgrade Capability to latest Specifications
- PICMG® Technologies Showcase at NXTcomm07 features Products from PICMG Member Companies
- PICMG® hosts Technologies Showcase at NXTcomm07
- PICMG adds Ethernet Fabric to Advanced Mezzanine Card
- ASI SIG to Transfer Advanced Switching Specifications to PICMG
- CP-TA and PICMG Sign Liaison Agreement to Drive Interoperability
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PICMG
and Communications Platforms Trade Association Complete
Second Successful Interoperability Workshop
November Testing Focused on AMC and MicroTCA
BEAVERTON, Oregon – December 17, 2007 – The Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA) and PICMG teamed up once again in Chicago to host a joint Interoperability Workshop, demonstrating structured testing to industry profiles. PICMG has hosted several Interoperability Workshops in the past, and this is the second time they’ve partnered with CP-TA.
Open to members of PICMG and CP-TA, a total of 19 different companies participated in the workshop to test products, designed to PICMG specifications, for interoperability issues. While some AdvancedTCA testing was done, the workshop focused mainly on MicroTCA and AMC. The results of the workshops are confidential to the companies participating so that the testing can take place in an environment focused on learning and resolving issues.
“We are encouraged to see the continued maturation of AMC and MicroTCA products at these workshops and see how the interop testing helps companies address interoperability issues early in the design process,” said Joe Pavlat, PICMG President. “With the anticipated release of the PICMG Release 3.0 AdvancedTCA specification, we will offer testing for AdvancedTCA, AMC and MicroTCA at our next event.”
“At this event, CP-TA demonstrated for the first time new thermal and manageability test tools for AMC and MicroTCA,” said Nirlay Kundu, CP-TA Compliance Work Group Chair. “We definitely saw the most interest for MicroTCA testing. Many vendors in the early stage of the development process were able to take advantage of the structured testing. It was exciting to use the tools to find bugs early in the design process and enable companies to address interoperability issues right away.”
“CP-TA demonstrated that it is on track on its current roadmap of delivering MicroTCA interoperability specification in Q1 of 2008,” said Todd Keaffaber, CP-TA Technical Work Group Chair.
During the event CP-TA and Polaris Networks demonstrated the new MicroTCA Tester. This test tool, to be released in the near future, incorporates the IPMB analyzer. DegreeC also demonstrated prototype thermal test tools for AMC and MicroTCA.
PICMG and CP-TA will hold future events together and provide testing for products based on the PICMG 3.0 Release 3.0. For more information on the next event, visit PICMG at www.picmg.org, or visit CP-TA at www.cp-ta.org.
About the Communications Platforms Trade Association
The Communications Platforms Trade Association is a global organization
of communications platform and building block providers whose mission
is to accelerate the adoption of SIG-governed, open specification-based
communication platforms by certifying interoperable building blocks.
For more information about CP-TA, visit www.cp-ta.org.
About PICMG
Founded in 1994, PICMG is a consortium of more than 450 companies
that collaboratively develop open specifications for high performance
telecommunications and industrial computing applications. The members
of the consortium have a long history of developing and using leading-edge
products for these industries. For information about PICMG membership,
or to find out how to obtain PICMG specifications, visit the PICMG
Web site at www.picmg.org or
call PICMG headquarters at (781) 246-9318.
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PICMG, CompactPCI, and AdvancedTCA are registered
trademarks of the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group. AdvancedMC
and MicroTCA are trademarks of PICMG.
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PICMG
Creates Document Library
New on-line
index of PICMG Member Companies’ reference documents
WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA – December 6th, 2007 – PICMG has created a new “Document Library” service on its Web site. The PICMG Document Library contains a searchable database of articles, presentations, white papers and press releases posted by PICMG member companies and available for download from the companies’ sites.
All PICMG executive and associate members can post links to the database, which is available to anyone to search.
“This comprehensive database increases the value of this site that is already an essential resource for anyone operating in the modular computing area,” said Rob Davidson, vice president of marketing for PICMG. “It provides a one stop location for background information on PICMG specifications, applications and related products,” he added.
The PICMG Document Library can be viewed on the PICMG Web site www.picmg.org by clicking on the “Document Library” link. It is searchable by architecture type (AdvancedTCA, CompactPCI etc.), as well as document type. It also includes searches of recent postings and most popular downloads.
For a listing of member’s products based on PICMG specifications you can click on the “Products” page at www.picmg.org.
About PICMG
Founded in 1994, PICMG is a consortium of more than 450 companies
that collaboratively develop open specifications for high performance
telecommunications and industrial computing applications. The members
of the consortium have a long history of developing and using leading-edge
products for these industries. For information about PICMG membership,
or to find out how to obtain PICMG specifications, visit the PICMG
website at www.picmg.org or
call PICMG headquarters at (781) 246-9318.
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PICMG®, CompactPCI®, AdvancedTCA®, ATCA®, CompactPCI® Express
are registered trademarks, and COM Express™, MicroTCA™, μTCA™,
AdvancedTCA300™, AdvancedMC™ and SHB Express™ are
trademarks, of PICMG.
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PICMG
Publishes Master Glossary
Contains definition of terms used in PICMG specifications
WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA – September 17th, 2007 – PICMG
has posted a new reference
document on its Web site. The PICMG Master Glossary contains a compilation
of the
definitions used in PICMG specifications, making it one of the most
comprehensive glossaries in
the industry.
The PICMG master glossary was compiled by the Requirements Engineering Subcommittee and released as it completed its work. The committee collected the glossaries from the different PICMG specifications that included AdvancedTCA®, Advanced Mezzanine Card™, MicroTCA™, CompactPCI®, CompactPCI®Express and reconciled differences to compile a glossary with over 350 definitions.
“This glossary is a valuable resource for anyone working in
the modular computing and
telecommunications world as it contains many terms not clearly defined
elsewhere” said Dick
Somes, PICMG’s Technical Officer.
The PICMG master glossary can be viewed on the PICMG Web site www.picmg.org by clicking on the “Resources” link.
For a listing of member’s products based on PICMG specification
you can click on the
“Products” page at www.picmg.org.
About PICMG
Founded in 1994, PICMG is a consortium of more than 450 companies
that collaboratively
develop open specifications for high performance telecommunications
and industrial computing
applications. The members of the consortium have a long history of
developing and using
leading-edge products for these industries. For information about
PICMG membership, or to find
out how to obtain PICMG specifications, visit the PICMG website at
www.picmg.org or call
PICMG headquarters at (781) 246-9318.
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PICMG®, CompactPCI®, AdvancedTCA®, ATCA®, CompactPCI® Express
are registered trademarks, and COM
Express™, MicroTCA™, μTCA™, AdvancedTCA300™,
AdvancedMC™ and SHB Express™ are trademarks, of
PICMG
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PICMG and Communications Platforms Trade Association Wrap Up First Cooperative Interoperability Workshop
June Event Focuses on AdvancedMC® and MicroTCA™
BEAVERTON, Oregon – July 17, 2007 – The Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA) and PICMG teamed up in Chicago during the week of June 11 for their first joint Interoperability Workshop, demonstrating structured testing to industry profiles. PICMG has hosted Interoperability Workshops for its members since the early days of CompactPCI®, but this is the first time it has opened the events to another organization. Previous AdvancedTCA Interoperability Workshops have tested the multi-vendor interoperability of new products designed to the AdvancedTCA specifications.
For this event, participation was open to members of both CP-TA and PICMG. As always, testing was conducted in a protected, confidential environment, allowing participants to test and resolve any inconsistencies. Twenty-five companies and 70 participants joined in interoperability workshops, completing tests for thermal, manageability, data transport and other interoperability issues.
“The detailed preparation and testing carried out at this latest Interoperability Workshop, continues to help drive AdvancedTCA, AdvancedMC and MicroTCA implementations. Resolving interoperability issues early in the design process and in a cooperative environment enables vendors to get products to market faster,” said Joe Pavlat, PICMG President. “We look forward to further cooperation with CP-TA in future events of this kind.”
“The Interoperability Workshop generated additional interest in AdvancedMC and MicroTCA that will help CP-TA address the interoperability issues in these areas much earlier than anticipated in our current roadmap,” said Nirlay Kundu, CP-TA Compliance Work Group Chair. “These events are getting us closer to delivering interoperable building blocks based on open industry specifications and ultimately, helping reduce Network Equipment Providers’ integration challenges.”
During the event, CP-TA demonstrated its improved AdvancedTCA interoperability test tools. The ATCA-Tester from Polaris Networks tested manageability interoperability while Degree Controls, Inc.’s Chassis Scan and Blade Profiler tested thermal interoperability. Further information for the CP-TA test tools can be found at www.cp-ta.org.
CP-TA and PICMG will work together on future Interoperability Workshops. For more information on the next event, visit PICMG at www.picmg.org or visit CP-TA at www.cp-ta.org.
About the Communications Platforms Trade Association
The Communications Platforms Trade Association is a global organization
of communications platform and building block providers whose mission
is to accelerate the adoption of SIG-governed, open specification-based
communication platforms by certifying interoperable building blocks.
For more information about CP-TA, visit www.cp-ta.org.
About PICMG
Founded in 1994, PICMG is a consortium of more than 450 companies
that collaboratively develop open specifications for high performance
telecommunications and industrial computing applications. The members
of the consortium have a long history of developing and using leading-edge
products for these industries. For information about PICMG membership,
or to find out how to obtain PICMG specifications, visit the PICMG
Web site at www.picmg.org or
call PICMG headquarters at (781) 246-9318.
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PICMG, CompactPCI,
and AdvancedTCA are registered trademarks of the PCI Industrial
Computer Manufacturers Group. AdvancedMC and MicroTCA are trademarks
of PICMG.
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PICMG
forms Rugged MicroTCA subcommittee
Aimed at the ruggedization of MicroTCA for new markets
WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA – June 18th, 2007 – PICMG has formed the new Rugged MicroTCA subcommittee to investigate and define enhancements to the MicroTCA and AdvancedMC definitions. The enhancements will enable products to be used in markets where environmental requirements may be much harsher than the telecommunications market, the first target of these specifications. The committee is called the Rugged MicroTCA subcommittee but it will also address Advanced Mezzanine Cards, which are the building blocks of MicroTCA systems.
The target markets for Rugged MicroTCA are:
- Commercial and Military Applications including Airborne, Shipboard, and Ground Mobile Equipment
- Telco Industry Customer Premise Equipment and Remote Access (such as roadside or pole mounted, no fans)
- Machine Industry (Rotating machine mounted; no fans; vibration)
- Transport Industry (Railway; truck, ship, aircraft mounted)
- Traffic control (roadside, no fans)
- Security (remote access, no fans)
It is likely that there will not be a single solution for all these markets. The committee expects its deliverables will be “dot” specifications that layer on top of the base MTCA.0 specification and contain the environmental enhancements needed for a specific set of market applications. These are likely to include specifications for air cooling, conduction cooling and shock and vibration enhancements.
“MicroTCA has created a huge buzz. There is a large demand to address these issues so it can be used in many more markets” said Mike Franco, the chair of the new subcommittee.
PICMG will publish backgrounders and other documents from the subcommittee on the “Resources” page of www.picmg.org as work progresses.
To see the latest products based on PICMG specification visit the PICMG Technologies Showcase at NXTcomm07 in Chicago at Booth 4257. For a listing of Member products based on PICMG specification, click on the “Products” page at www.picmg.org.
About PICMG
Founded in 1994, PICMG is a consortium of more than 450 companies
that collaboratively develop open specifications for high performance
telecommunications and industrial computing applications. The members
of the consortium have a long history of developing and using leading-edge
products for these industries. For information about PICMG membership,
or to find out how to obtain PICMG specifications, visit the PICMG
website at www.picmg.org or
call PICMG headquarters at (781) 246-9318.
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PICMG, CompactPCI, and AdvancedTCA are registered trademarks of the
PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group. AdvancedMC and MicroTCA
are trademarks of PICMG.
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For further information:
Rob Davidson, PICMG, +1 805-570-9575
davidson@picmg.org
PICMG
adds Management Firmware Upgrade Capability to latest Specifications
PICMG® HPM.1 supports AdvancedTCA®, AdvancedMC™
and MicroTCA™ Systems
WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA - June 7th, 2007 - PICMG has released a new specification that defines an open mechanism for systems to upgrade the resident management software and firmware on the various components and subsystems. Designated PICMG HPM.1, the specification was developed by the existing PICMG 3.0 subcommittee but released as a separate specification so it can also be applied immediately to other PICMG defined architectures, specifically Advanced Mezzanine Cards and MicroTCA systems. This specification is the first from PICMG to augment the hardware platform management (HPM) layer of all three architectures in a single document. PICMG specifications lead the industry in their support for advanced system management technology, which improves system reliability and availability and reduces maintenance costs.
The Intelligent Platform Management Interface specification, which
AdvancedTCA uses as the basis for its hardware platform management
infrastructure, does not provide any generic mechanism for upgrading
management controller firmware. This new specification defines an
advanced architecture and corresponding interfaces so that a single
upgrade agent can update the firmware in the many management controllers
of an entire system, even if the modules in the system come from
different vendors.
"HPM.1 adds very useful functionality to AdvancedTCA and MicroTCA
systems, along with the AdvancedMC modules they include," said
Mark Overgaard of Pigeon Point System and the Chair of the HPM.1
effort. "This framework will allow system integrators to have
a single set of tools for upgrading all the IPM Controllers in an
entire system. In addition, the HPM.1 architecture ensures that all
new compliant FRUs will be automatically supported by the upgrade
tools compliant with this specification, and vice versa," he
added.
HPM.1 will be provided free to PICMG members and is available for purchase by non-members. More information, including product listings, can be found at www.picmg.org.
To see the latest products based on PICMG specification, visit the PICMG Technologies Showcase at NXTcomm07 in Chicago at Booth 4257. For a listing of Member products based on PICMG specification, click on the "Products" page at www.picmg.org.
About PICMG
Founded in 1994, PICMG is a consortium of more than 450 companies
that collaboratively develop open specifications for high performance
telecommunications and industrial computing applications. The members
of the consortium have a long history of developing and using leading-edge
products for these industries. For information about PICMG membership,
or to find out how to obtain PICMG specifications, visit the PICMG
website at www.picmg.org or call PICMG headquarters at (781) 246-9318.
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PICMG, CompactPCI, and AdvancedTCA are registered trademarks of the
PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group. AdvancedMC and MicroTCA
are trademarks of PICMG.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For further information:
Rob Davidson, PICMG, +1 805-570-9575
davidson@picmg.org
PICMG® Technologies
Showcase at NXTcomm07 features
Products from PICMG Member Companies
Platforms and COTS building blocks based on
PICMG specifications
will be showcased
WAKEFIELD, Mass., June 4th, 2007 – The PICMG Technologies Showcase at NXTcomm07 contains member companies’ exhibits and products that are based on one or more of the popular PICMG specifications. NXTcomm07 will be held at McCormick Place in Chicago on June 19-21, 2007.
Anyone considering building or using telecom or communications infrastructure equipment based on open hardware specifications will benefit from a visit to the PICMG Technologies Showcase at booth #4257.
Also, visitors to the PICMG Technologies Showcase can enter a special drawing from Open Systems Publishing. Open Systems will give away a TomTom GO 510 portable GPS. Stop by their table at the PICMG Technologies Showcase to enter. It will help the lucky winner "navigate" the way through the rapidly evolving telecom landscape
PICMG specifications cover a range of open hardware implementations and include AdvancedTCA®, AdvancedMC™, MicroTCA™, CompactPCI®, CompactPCI Express, COM Express and SHB Express.
This year PICMG member companies are showing products based on PICMG specifications that range from next generation, high speed connectors to complete Network Elements built from Commercial of the Shelf (COTS) components. Some of the applications shown will be:
- Intensive media processing systems, including live call applications such as conferencing, announcements, chat, IP Centrex, call centers, and network IVR
- AdvancedTCA and MicroTCA communications servers as common platforms for a wide range of telecommunication infrastructure applications
- Media servers requiring high capacity switching and high bandwidth
- A News server application with high availability features
- A MicroTCA communications server configured as an enterprise exchange solution (IP PBX) and enterprise video conferencing and streaming video-on-demand server
- A video portal utilizing an AMC multimedia processing card
The PICMG member companies exhibiting this year are:
| ADAX Inc. ADLINK Technology Asis Bittware Carlo Gavazzi Conec Corporation Conference ConCepts, Inc. Continuous Computing CorEdge Networks Diversified Technology, Inc. Elma Embedded Planet Emerson Network Power ept,inc Extreme Engineering Solutions HARTING Interphase Kaparel |
Kontron Mercury Computer Systems Motorola Mountain View Alliance NMS Communications CompactPCI/AdvancedTCA Systems Pentair/Schroff Performance Technologies RadiSys SANBlaze SBS Southco, Inc. Sun Surf Communication Solutions Tyco Electronics Wickenby Consulting Xtech Yamaichi |
The PICMG Website, www.picmg.org, also includes a product directory where manufacturers list their PICMG-compliant product offerings.
About PICMG
Founded in 1994, PICMG is a consortium of more than 450 companies
that collaboratively develop open specifications for high performance
telecommunications and industrial computing applications. The members
of the consortium have a long history of developing and using leading-edge
products for these industries. For information about PICMG membership,
or to find out how to obtain PICMG specifications, visit the PICMG
website at www.picmg.org or call PICMG headquarters at
(781) 246-9318.
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PICMG, CompactPCI, and
AdvancedTCA are registered trademarks of PICMG. AdvancedMC and MicroTCA
are trademarks of PICMG.
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Rob Davidson, PICMG, +1 805-570-9575
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PICMG® hosts
Technologies Showcase at NXTcomm07
Products based on PICMG specifications will be showcased
at Booth #4257
WAKEFIELD, Mass., April 16th, 2007 – PICMG will again be hosting a technology showcase booth at NXTcomm07, to be held at McCormick Place in Chicago on June 19-21, 2007. The PICMG Technologies Showcase booth, which will be even larger than last year’s, will contain member companies’ exhibits and products that are based one or more of the popular PICMG specifications.
Anyone considering building or using telecom infrastructure equipment based on open hardware specifications should visit the companies in the PICMG Technologies Showcase. PICMG specifications cover a range of open hardware implementations and include AdvancedTCA®, AdvancedMC™, MicroTCA™, CompactPCI®, CompactPCI Express, COM Express and SHB Express.
“The PICMG Technologies Showcase is the place to see the latest COTS building blocks and platforms that are being built on PICMG specs,” said Rob Davidson, VP Marketing for PICMG.“Our member companies find that this is a great way to meet new customers and establish new relationships,” he added.
To see which companies are exhibiting at the PICMG Technologies
showcase, go to
www.picmg.org and click on “News and Events”. The PICMG
Website also includes a product
directory where manufacturers list their PICMG-compliant product
offerings.
About PICMG
Founded in 1994, PICMG is a consortium of more than 450 companies
that collaboratively
develop open specifications for high performance telecommunications
and industrial computing
applications. The members of the consortium have a long history of
developing and using
leading-edge products for these industries. For information about
PICMG membership, or to find
out how to obtain PICMG specifications, visit the PICMG website at
www.picmg.org or call
PICMG headquarters at (781) 246-9318.
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PICMG, CompactPCI, and AdvancedTCA are registered trademarks of PICMG.
AdvancedMC and MicroTCA are
trademarks of PICMG.
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Rob Davidson, PICMG, +1 805-570-9575
davidson@picmg.org
PICMG
adds Ethernet Fabric to Advanced Mezzanine Card
AMC.2 Specification Adds Ethernet Fabric
WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA – April 9th, 2007 – PICMG, a consortium
of more than 450
companies that collaboratively develop open modular computing specifications
for
telecommunications and industrial computing applications, announced
today that it has released
a subsidiary specification for the popular Advanced Mezzanine Card
(AdvancedMC®). PICMG
AMC.2 defines the implementation of 1 and 10 Gbps Ethernet links
on AMC.0 Modules and
Carriers. The intended implementation practice will normally include
at least one link of
Ethernet.
The Advanced Mezzanine Card specification defines modular daughter cards designed to provide extra functionality to AdvancedTCA® cards. They can also be used to add functionality to any other “carrier” cards and are used as the “blades” in MicroTCA® systems. The base specification (AMC.0) defines the Module’s mechanical, interconnect, management, power and thermal requirements. The new AMC.2 specification is limited in scope to defining link usage, management and Electronic-Keying (E-Keying) parameters for Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) on AMCs and Carrier Boards.
“Ethernet dominates the embedded multi-vendor serial interconnect
market," said Alan
Deikman, CTO of ZNYX Networks and chair of the AdvancedMC.2 sub-committee. “It
is only
logical to extend that to the mezzanine, and we have seen advanced
development for AMC.2
already” he added.
AMC.2 will be provided free to PICMG members and is available for purchase by non-members. More information, including product listings, can be found at www.picmg.org.
About PICMG
Founded in 1994, PICMG is a consortium of more than 450 companies
that collaboratively
develop open specifications for high performance telecommunications
and industrial computing
applications. The members of the consortium have a long history of
developing and using
leading-edge products for these industries. For information about
PICMG membership, or to find
out how to obtain PICMG specifications, visit the PICMG website at
www.picmg.org or call
PICMG headquarters at (781) 246-9318.
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PICMG, CompactPCI, and AdvancedTCA are registered trademarks of the
PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers
Group. AdvancedMC and MicroTCA are trademarks of PICMG.
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For further information:
Rob Davidson, PICMG, +1 805-542-0999
davidson@picmg.org
ASI
SIG to Transfer Advanced Switching Specifications to PICMG
Preserves access to ASI physical link specifications
WAKEFIELD, Mass., February 12, 2007 – PICMG will make the ASI SIG’s Advanced Switching Specification available to its membership and others by February 2007.
The ASI SIG was formed with a primary mission to develop a switch fabric architecture based on PCI Express technology and has completed its specification development. The ASI SIG Board of Directors recently approved a motion to dissolve the ASI SIG and transfer all assets (including specifications, works in progress, copyrights and other assets) to PICMG.
Rajeev Kumar, the outgoing president of the ASI SIG said, “PICMG's long history, wide membership, which includes roughly half of the ASI SIG membership, and market focus on high performance telecommunications and industrial computing applications is a perfect fit for a PCI Express-based open fabric architecture such as ASI.”
At its meeting of January 8th, PICMG's Executive membership approved the transfer of the set of ASI specifications. PICMG will offer these specifications in the same form as they were offered by the ASI SIG. “This does not mean that PICMG endorses the ASI specifications over other switched fabric solutions embodied in other PICMG specifications,” said Joe Pavlat, President of PICMG. “It means that PICMG will make the specifications available to those who want it,” he added.
PICMG will post the white papers and background material developed by the ASI SIG and its members on the PICMG web site. The Advanced Switching Specifications will be available from PICMG.
About PICMG
Founded in 1994, PICMG is a consortium of over 400 companies that
collaboratively develops open specifications for high performance
telecommunications and industrial computing applications. The members
of the consortium have a long history of developing and using leading
edge products for these industries. For information about PICMG membership,
or to find out how to obtain PICMG specifications, visit the PICMG
website at www.picmg.org or call PICMG headquarters at (781) 246-9318.
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PICMG, CompactPCI, and AdvancedTCA are registered trademarks of PICMG.
AdvancedMC and MicroTCA are trademarks of PICMG.
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CP-TA
and PICMG Sign Liaison Agreement to Drive Interoperability for
Open Specification-Based Communications Platforms
BEAVERTON, OR – January 24, 2007 — The Communications
Platforms Trade Association (CPTA)
and PICMG today announced they have completed a liaison agreement
that will allow the two
organizations to exchange information. The goal of the liaison agreement
is to promote the
implementation of open specifications within the telecom industry.
CP-TA, in its efforts to accelerate
the adoption of open specification-based communications platforms,
is currently focused on
defining and managing interoperability testing based on PICMG’s
Advanced Telecom Computing
Architecture (AdvancedTCA®) specification. The groups will work
together on joint Interoperability
Plugfests, training sessions and more. They are already coordinating
marketing activities through
their membership in the Mountain View Alliance.
“By defining and managing interoperability testing for AdvancedTCA, CP-TA will enable a true commercial off-the-shelf marketplace, thereby making it easier for building block vendors to adopt the specification,” said Joe Pavlat, PICMG president. “We look forward to cooperating with CP-TA to advance interoperability in the telecommunications space. PICMG will continue to manage and refine the AdvancedTCA specification and its derivatives.”
PICMG formed the Requirements Engineering Subcommittee (RES) last year to make sure that PICMG documents are organized to be compatible with documents from CP-TA and the SCOPE Alliance.
“We will release our first Interoperability Compliance Document (ICD) for AdvancedTCA in February and welcome PICMG’s input in the process,” said Shlomo Pri-Tal, CP-TA Chairman. “The benefits of interoperability are tremendous. Companies that implement open specification-based interoperable building blocks will no longer have to develop proprietary solutions or devote resources to custom developments of interoperability test suites, allowing them to focus on their unique value-add, reduce their time-to-market and reduce lifecycle costs.”
The ICD will address thermal, manageability and data transport interoperability for AdvancedTCA. In the near future, CP-TA will also address interoperability requirements for PICMG’s MicroTCA and AMC specifications.
About CP-TA
The Communications Platforms Trade Association is a global organization
of communications
platform and building block providers whose mission is to accelerate
the adoption of SIG-governed,
open-specification-based communication platforms by certifying interoperable
building blocks. For
more information about CP-TA, visit www.cp-ta.org.
About PICMG
Founded in 1994, PICMG is a consortium of more than 400 companies
that collaboratively
develops open specifications for high performance telecommunications
and industrial computing
applications. PICMG specifications included AdvancedTCA, AdvancedMC
and CompactPCI. The
members of the consortium have a long history of developing and using
leading edge products for
these industries. For information about PICMG membership or to obtain
PICMG specifications, visit
the PICMG Web site at www.picmg.org.
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Updated
Advanced Mezzanine Card Specification
Released by PICMG
Specification Adds Enhanced Features and Retains Compatibility
WAKEFIELD, Mass., USA – Jan. 8, 2007 – PICMG, a consortium of more than 450 companies that collaboratively develop open specifications for high performance telecommunications and industrial computing applications, announced today that it has released an updated version of its popular Advanced Mezzanine Card (AdvancedMC®) specification. The Advanced Mezzanine Card specification defines modular daughter cards designed to provide extra functionality to AdvancedTCA® cards. They can also be used to add functionality to any other “carrier” cards and are used as the “blades” in MicroTCA® systems.
“As the current specification is already widely adopted, it is important that the latest revision doesn’t sacrifice backward compatibility,” said Jim Kennedy of Intel, the PICMG AdvancedMC subcommittee chair. “We are pleased that Revision 2 achieves this while incorporating new functionality requested by the market.”
Designated AMC.0 R.2, the new version of the specification includes the following features:
- A new mid-size module defined with new faceplate dimensions optimized for ATCA conventional carrier usage;
- New AdvancedMC connector options for connecting to a carrier board, including press fit, surface mount and through-hole style connectors in addition to the original compression fit style AdvancedMC connector;
- Improved module faceplate LED placement guidelines in keeping with Central Office practices;
- Allowance for new varieties of AdvancedMC ejector handles; and
- An increase in the maximum amount of module power from 60W to 80W for payload and from 100mA to 150mA for management power.
AMC.0 R.2 will be provided free to PICMG members and for purchase by non-members. A short-form version that provides an overview is available free from the PICMG Web site. More information, including product listings, can be found at www.picmg.org.
About PICMG
Founded in 1994, PICMG is a consortium of more than 450 companies
that collaboratively
develop open specifications for high performance telecommunications
and industrial computing
applications. The members of the consortium have a long history of
developing and using
leading-edge products for these industries. For information about
PICMG membership, or to find
out how to obtain PICMG specifications, visit the PICMG website at
www.picmg.org or call
PICMG headquarters at (781) 246-9318.
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