RapidIO Radio

Interoperability Testing and the RapidIO® Standard: The Need for Repeatable and Quantitative Assessment, identifies three key implementation challenges that often affect device interoperability. The podcast provides embedded designers with a detailed analysis of types of interoperability and the critical need for repeatability in testing that will prove invaluable as they specify devices for next-generation applications.

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Assessing the state of technology around the wireless infrastructure, Bill Beane, Senior Product Manager, FCM Division, IDT, shares how it is enmeshed with RapidIO® technology today and as next generation systems develop in the latest RapidIO Radio.

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“Applying the Serial RapidIO Technology to the Wireless Infrastructure,” the latest in a series of RapidIO® Radio podcasts from the RapidIO Trade Association, is a discussion of how Serial RapidIO technology brings substantial benefits to the wireless infrastructure market and lowers OEM’s development risks. In addition, the presentation reviews how RapidIO technology can simplify system design and ultimately reduce time-to-market and system costs.

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RapidIO® Radio’s “A Technical Comparison of Ethernet and RapidIO,” continues the January episode, which introduced a groundbreaking new white paper, System Interconnect Fabrics: Ethernet Versus RapidIO® Technology. The program, features technical expert Greg Shippen, system architect for Freescale Semiconductor’s Digital Systems Division, NCSG and a member of the RapidIO Trade Association’s Technical Working Group. Download RapidIO Radio Episode 6. (7 MB; 22.27)

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The 2007 debut episode of RapidIO® Radio from the RapidIO Trade Association previews a new white paper, System Interconnect Fabrics: Ethernet Versus RapidIO Technology, available February 6th, which concludes that for many embedded applications, RapidIO technology outperforms Ethernet. The Podcast initiates a discussion on the comprehensive compilation of embedded interconnect information, the high-level market perspective in the paper, and technical examination of the two technologies.

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“Software Considerations Around RapidIO Designs,” the fourth in a series of RapidIO® Radio podcasts from the RapidIO Trade Association, focuses on the unique software considerations that are specific to RapidIO and provides a level of understanding of the basic information needed to succeed with board and system level bring up. Included is a discussion of the High Availability features within RapidIO that help with software and hardware debugging in a RapidIO system.

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In “RapidIO Delivers the Flexibility and Scalability Needed to Achieve Modular Wireless Infrastructure Design,” Bill Beane, senior product manager, FCM Division for IDT explores some of the critical design issues facing the wireless infrastructure design community, and ways RapidIO technology has solved these challenges while delivering superior performance.

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In this podcast, Tom Wilson of Tundra Semiconductor addresses “Interoperability.” This podcast explores the benefits of RapidIO at a high level, the use of RapidIO in baseband designs, the development of the initial interoperability testing efforts at Tundra Semiconductor and its evolution into the RIOLAB - an independent, third party interoperability lab.

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In this initial Podcast, Executive Director Tom Cox addresses “The State of the RapidIO Standard: The Association, Technology, Deployment.” Using a Q&A format, he answers pressing questions about the future of the technology, designs, and applications, and lays a foundation for upcoming Podcasts by RapidIO Trade Association members.

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