Compact PCI forges new directions

摘要

Compact PCI vendors are just now beginning to extend their technology for future products after being stopped in their tracks by the recent economic downturn in the telecommunications industry. Board manufacturers are pushing the technology envelope with new standards for high-speed interconnects along with improved reliability, manageability, and serviceability. They hope to expand the market for off-the-shelf, carriergrade telecommunications equipment while extending their reach into new applications. With new customers demanding higher bandwidth systems with very little downtime, CompactPCI developers are updating the specification for their next-generation systems, and several of these updates include replacement of CompactPCI's namesake, the PCI bus, with higher speed, nonblocking alternatives.