Podcast: The Evolution of Processor Cores, and Embedded World 2024
An Embedded Computing Design editor and Aaron Frank, senior product manager at Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions, discuss the evolution of processor cores, multitasking capabilities, future trends involving processor design, and more.
Safety-certifiable COTS lowers the cost of keeping the skies safe
Every day, at peak operational times in the U.S., the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Traffic Organization (ATO) handles approximately 5,400 aircraft flying in 29 million square miles of controlled airspace.
SWaP-optimized mission systems for unmanned platforms help expand capabilities
Aerospace and defense systems integrators continue to push for reductions in size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) to support advanced sensor/vetronics payloads onboard unmanned reusable and attritable platforms.
Rugged Deployed VPX-based Systems Get Added Cybersecurity Assurance
Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions offers the XMC-529 AMD Ultrascale+ MPSoC XMC mezzanine card, part of the company's line of Enhanced TrustedCOTS plug-in modules designed to bring addtionally secure processing to rugged deployed VPX-based systems.
Cores and Threads: Hybrid Processors for Today’s Multitasking World
Taken to the extreme, today’s high-end graphics processors (GPUs) can execute thousands of simultaneous operations, which is fundamental for highly parallel 3D visualizations and complex AI [artificial intelligence] processing tasks.