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Steve Collins's Articles in Hardware

  • Computer Engineers Are Turning Science Fiction Into Science Fact
    A CompactPCI (cPCI) system is a 3U or 6U ("U" is a unit of measurement of the height of a rack-mounted device, with one rack unit, or RU, equaling 1.75") Eurocard-based industrial computer which has all of its boards joined by way of a passive PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) backplane. The pin assignments of the connectors are documented in standards, published by the organization PICMG U.S. and PICMG Europe (PICMG means "PCI Industrial Computers Manufacturers Group").
  • Advanced TCA - An Industry Standard That Fosters Innovation!
    Computers have evolved from their earliest models, housed in multiple rooms, requiring complex infrastructure and a seemingly endless supply of individual cards to carry out what, by today's standards, were very simple tasks.

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