Panel Discussion

~ 11:15 am - 12:15 pm ~

OVERCOMING INTEGRATION CHALLENGES WHEN HARNESSING
NEXT-GEN COMPUTE ARCHITECTURES WITH OPENVPX
Moderated by Michael Munroe, 
Technical Specialist, Elma Bustronic Corporation

Panel of Experts: 

Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing - Pete Jha, Senior Software Engineer
GE Intelligent Platforms - Richard Kirk, Global Product Manager, Military and Aerospace SBCs
Kontron - David French, Dir. of Military/Aerospace/Government / West
Mercury Computer Systems - Greg Tiedemann, Director, Product Line Management, Small Form Factors

Military system developers have long faced a conflicting desire to harness the latest and greatest computing technologies versus the need to mitigate the risks inherent in banking on new system architecture approaches. Aimed at bridging those desires, the newly created OpenVPX provides implementation details for VPX payload and switch modules, backplane topologies and chassis products-offering Defense primes and suppliers clear direction for crafting interoperable computing and comms platforms.

Our panel discussion will explore the integration challenges facing today's complex systems and examines the ways in which OpenVPX enables next-gen compute technologies-from memory interfaces to network protocols to high-speed storage and graphics interfaces to switched fabric-based interconnects-to roll smoothly into an interoperable, rugged, slot-card system architecture. The distinguished panel of experts will share their insights and perspectives on putting OpenVPX into action and discuss implications of OpenVPX for compute-intensive military programs of today and tomorrow.

About the Moderator: 

Michael Munroe is a Technical Specialist for Elma Bustronic Corporation. In addition to over 20 years of experience in the packaging and interconnect industry, Mr. Munroe is an active member of the VITA Standards Organization, a professional member of the IEEE and an officer the PCI Industrial Computer Manufactuer's Group (PICMG).  In addition, he has made significant contributions to standards documents including AdvancedTCA, CompactPCI Express, CompactTCA, VITA 41 and VITA 46. Mr. Munroe has also previously participated in the development of IEEE 1101.1, IEEE 1101.2, IEEE 1101.10, IEEE 896.5, VITA 1.1, VITA 5.1, VITA 26, VITA 30, and VITA 40.