CONTENTS
The Magazine of Record for the Embedded Computing Industry
EDITORS REPORT
DEVELOPMENT PLATFORMS
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“Platforms” Make the Foundation for the Future of Embedded Development by Tom Williams, Editor-in-Chief
TECHNOLOGY CORE
MODULAR SYSTEMS FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION
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Modular Platform Approach Enables Predictive Productivity by Maria Hansson, Kontron
22 NVMe Over Fabric Technology Enables New Levels Of Storage Efficiency In Today’s Data Centers DEPARTMENTS 06
TECHNOLOGY CONNECTED
ADVANCES IN INTERFACES FOR SSD STORAGE
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Robert Pierce, Altera, Conor Ryan and Joe Sullivan, NVMdurance
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EDITORIAL
How Ever-Smaller Things Get Really Big
07
INDUSTRY INSIDER
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PRODUCTS & TECHNOLOGY
Latest Developments in the Embedded Marketplace
Newest Embedded Technology Used by Industry Leaders
Flash Management and FPGAs Pave Way for Reconfigurable SSD
NVMe Over Fabric Technology Enables New Levels Of Storage Efficiency In Today’s Data Centers by Shreyas Shah, Xilinx
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Confused by Embedded SSDs? Don’t Be by Scott Phillips, Virtium
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT BY SCOTT PHILLIPS, VIRTIUM
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C and Its Offspring: OpenGL by Sean Harmer, KDAB
INDUSTRY WATCH
BUILDING OUT THE SMART GRID
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Help Wanted: Wind, Solar, and On-Grid Battery Storage by Brett Burger, National Instruments
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