Embedded AvionicsIntegrating Hardware and Software in Microprocessors to Expedite Avionics Certification After decades of relying on single-core processors to power everything from flight controls to cockpit instrumentation panels, it appears avionics manufacturers are ready to embrace multi-core processors in the hopes of saving…
Embedded AvionicsCollins Aerospace Developing Generational Leap in Flight Control Processing Power for Perigon The use of multicore processors, an input/output (I/O) card, and high-speed backplane are among the main elements giving Collins Aerospace the ability to establish 20 times the processing power of its existing…
Embedded AvionicsEASA and FAA to Issue Further Guidance on Multicore Certification This Year The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are to issue further guidance on the certification of airborne systems with avionics multicore processors this year, according to EASA.…
Air TaxiMercury Systems Unveils Multicore Processor Module for Helicopters, UAM Vehicles Mercury Systems, Inc. on Jan. 20 unveiled its EnsembleSeries™ CIOE-1390 module for helicopters and urban air mobility vehicles. The company hailed the CIOE-1390 as "the industry’s first commercially-available compute module with Intel® Atom®…