Difficulties in gaming platforms

At Embedded Tech Trends 2013, Marc Couture, director of product gaming platform management at Mercury Systems, made this declaration: "We need to speed up without degradation. The connector is the key to unlocking speed!" Marc commented that current advances in connector and backplane technology will get the industry to 8 Gbaud and beyond, but that much more is needed from the connector suppliers for the next-generation fabric interconnects such as PCIe Gen 3, InfiniBand QDR, or 40 Gigabit Ethernet. Marc's thoughts are reflected throughout the industry as system designers struggle to find that perfect connector.

It is impossible to build a gaming platform without connectors. Chips, boards, and systems simply need to be connected in some gaming platform. But, as Marc mentioned, the connector is the key to speed, and unfortunately they have struggled to keep up with the advancements in processor and chipset bandwidth.

refer to: http://vita-technologies.com/articles/connect-trends-challenges-solutions-advancing-performance/

Higher performance for gaming boards

Longer Life Cycles is a key attribute for the Industrial gaming Grade products since many Industrial, Military, Gaming, Medical and other markets have designs which need a form, fit and function solution for 7 - 15+ years. While the Consumer gaming market demands the latest form factor such as microSD with >32GB storage capacity, many gaming Industrial systems only need from 32MBytes to 16GBytes of storage in a PC Card, CompactFlash or full size SD Card form factor.

refer to : http://embedded-computing.com/news/benefits-industrial-flash-storage-devices/

Smartphone application on embedded systems

A recent example of smartphone tethering can be found in certain subcompact models from U.S. auto manufacturer General Motors. Select Chevrolet models carry the “MyLink” in-dash infotainment system.

From both a cost and ease-of-use perspective, tethering a smartphone makes a lot of sense. But there’s another reason to consider. Some automotive manufacturers are nervous about being too dependent on Google – as Google is the sole provider and owner of the Android mobile platform. Android built into an IVI system is an 8- to 10-year commitment, and a lot can happen in that time regarding license fees or terms of use.

One organization promoting the use of the smartphone as an IVI in-dash system is the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC). The CCC provides standards and recipe books for tethering a smartphone to the infotainment head unit. The CCC members implement MirrorLink (Figure 2), a technology standard for controlling a nearby smartphone from the in-car infotainment systemscreen or via dashboard buttons and controls. This allows familiar smartphone-hosted applications and functions to be easily accessed. CCC members include more than 80 percent of the world’s automakers, and more than 70 percent of global smartphone manufacturers. The MirrorLink technology is compatible with Mentor Embedded’s GENIVI 3.0 specification Linux base platform solution.

refer to: http://embedded-computing.com/articles/automotive-source-drives-innovation/#at_pco=cfd-1.0


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