Luncheon Panel Discussion

12:30 pm - 1:15 pm

OVERCOMING INTEGRATION CHALLENGES WHEN HARNESSING
NEXT-GEN COMPUTE ARCHITECTURES WITH OPENVPX
Moderator: Michael Munroe, Product Specialist, Elma Bustronic 

Panelists: 

Bittware - Ron Huizen, Vice President - Technology
Curtiss-Wright Controls - Pete Jha, Senior Software Engineer 
Mercury Computer - Bob Grochmal, Director OpenVPX Program  
Pentek - Rodger Hosking, Vice President and Co-founder

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.