VPX is rapidly becoming the "work horse" of embedded computing - but as Haydn Nelson describes, its architecture also lends itself to some innovative applications - applications for which Abaco's newly announced VP869 is well suited.
Author: Haydn Nelson
Haydn Nelson
Having been an engineer most of his career, Haydn is passionate about technology—especially FPGAs and RF. Having worked in a number of industries from mil/aero research to RF semiconductor test, his broad experience and knowledge of EW and communications systems gives him a unique view of multi-disciplinary technology. Starting as a research engineer then becoming a field applications engineer, Haydn’s passion for communicating and working with customers led him to join the dark side in 2012—marketing… He joined Abaco as part of the 4DSP acquisition, and is based at our DSP Innovation Center in Austin, Texas.
Good friends are hard to come by
UAVs are just one example of military platforms in which minimizing SWaP - size, weight and power - is essential to mission success. Haydn Nelson describes one of the ways in which Abaco is addressing the challenge.
Good friends are hard to come by
UAVs provide demanding challenges for computing suppliers - including delivering maximum performance in a space that is highly constrained in size, weight and power (SWaP). Here, Haydn Nelson looks at how Abaco rises to those challenges.
More of Moore: the sequel
In the second of this 2-part post, Haydn Nelson looks at how the trend towards integrating even more functionality into a single piece of silicon has perhaps reached its apotheosis in Xilinx's new RFSoC technology.
The challenges of dominating the electromagnetic spectrum (part two)
Yesterday, we announced the VP430 RF Direct Processing System, based on Xilinx's innovative Ultrascale+ RFSoC technology. Haydn Nelson explains why it is such a significant and exciting solution for developers.
Delivering More of Moore: More Silicon Means More Possibilities
Having worked with various silicon processing technologies for well over 14 years, I’ve witnessed how Moore’s Law has impacted CPU, GPU, and FPGA devices. Back in 2004, I was a part of a research group under Annant Agarwal at MIT CSAIL where students prototyped a 16-core processor. This was a project called the MIT RAW architecture workstation and was a tiled design. At that time, such a massive multi-core system was revolutionary. Since then,...
The challenges of dominating the electromagnetic spectrum
In the first part of this 2-part post, we look at the strategic imperative of dominating the electromagnetic spectrum, and the trends driving development such as the need for wider bandwidth and higher channel counts.
Seeing the Big Picture
Demonstrations at AOC brought out the video gamer in Haydn Nelson - but they also got him to thinking about the value Abaco brings.
Bandwidth: the firehose problem
When you're being given more information than you can deal with, it's said to be like drinking from a fire hose. In this post. Haydn Nelson describes how that can be no less of a problem for bandwidth-intensive applications - and how the challenge can be addressed.
Working Together Gets Us There Faster
To get the earliest possible access to the latest technologies, our customers rely on us forming very close relationships with the industry ecosystem. Here, we describe how that works – to our customers’ benefit.
FPGAs: Where Defense and Particle Physics Collide
FPGA technology is characterized by its versatility. Widely deployed in military applications in multi-channel radar, for example, the speed and flexibility FPGAs offer find them put to use in some remarkable environments – such as particle physics research.
Rising to the Multi-channel Radar Systems Challenge
As today’s military applications require more data, more channels and more speed, radar applications are feeling the pressure. Fortunately, there’s a new way to get the performance you need.
Three Ways Modular Embedded I/O Can Optimize Your System’s Performance
Meeting I/O requirements in embedded systems once caused major challenges and performance tradeoffs. With a modular embedded I/O approach, that’s no longer the case.
Having It Your Way Is the New Way
Reconfigurable digital signal processing systems help ensure that embedded systems meet mission requirements—and at Abaco, we’re making it easier for customers to get exactly what they need.
FPGAs for Electronic Warfare: What a Difference in 10 Years
Electronic warfare technology has come a long way—and we're working hard to meet the demands of next-generation systems.