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Conference Abstracts
Munich - June 3, 2008

Presentations Abstracts

Time	Abstract	Abstract
09:50	Conference Opening and Welcome	Conference Opening and Welcome
10:00	Keynote 1 - presented by VDC MicroTCA Market Assesment: An Industry Analyst's Perspective VDC will present data and analysis from its extensive market research into the current and future customer requirements, adoption trends, and market developments for MicroTCA platforms. The research is aggregated from primary research with both MicroTCA suppliers and specifiers (specifiers = OEMs, system integrators, and users). The objective of the presentation will be to help attendees identify the most important customer requirements and specifications for MicroTCA and then craft MicroTCA market development iniatives, around those customer requirements, that will enable a healthy and successful MicroTCA market.	Keynote 1 - presented by VDC MicroTCA Market Assesment: An Industry Analyst's Perspective VDC will present data and analysis from its extensive market research into the current and future customer requirements, adoption trends, and market developments for MicroTCA platforms. The research is aggregated from primary research with both MicroTCA suppliers and specifiers (specifiers = OEMs, system integrators, and users). The objective of the presentation will be to help attendees identify the most important customer requirements and specifications for MicroTCA and then craft MicroTCA market development iniatives, around those customer requirements, that will enable a healthy and successful MicroTCA market.
10:35	Paper 1 - presented by Emerson The Clear Choice for MicroTCA Emerson Network Power is the recognised leader in MicroTCA: Consider our innovative plastic packaging that targets enterprise applications, our relentless commitment to smashing through price barriers and an industry-leading product portfolio. Nigel will draw on his 21-plus years experience in electronics to outline the company’s strategy and explain why Emerson should be your first choice for MicroTCA products.	Paper 2 - presented by  Tyco Electronics Tyco Products for AdvancedTCA, MicroTCA and AdvancedMC standards Tyco Electronics supports AdvancedTCA (ATCA), AdvancedMC (AMC) and MicroTCA (µTCA) PICMG standards with a full complement of products to meet the wide array of applications and markets where these standard configurations will be used.
10:55	Coffee Break	Coffee Break
11:25	Paper 3 - presented by Advantech Addressing cost sensitive applications with MicroTCA This presentation will discuss and approach to applications which will benefit from the size and modularity of advanced MC's but cannot always support the overhead of a fully blown MicroTCA architecture.	Paper 4 - presented by Elma The Challenge of Ruggedized MicroTCA Systems The MicroTCA standard provides a basis for fast telecommunication applications. In addition to that, a large demand for systems operating under harsh conditions can be seen due to the need to find future-proof successors to existing real-time systems for transport, aerospace, maritime, and military applications. This speech describes what such a system for hardened (ruggedized) applications looks like and which modifications are necessary before such markets can take advantage of the system benefits of MicroTCA.
11:50	Paper 5 - presented by GE Fanuc Scalable µTCA platforms value to the customer The success of µTCA in Communication, Industrial and Medical Markets depends on application development time and final system cost. To enable customer and system integrator to build final systems based on µTCA platform interoperability and total cost of Ownership are the most critical aspects. This presentation will provide the information concerning cost trends and development cycle. I will also show on an practical example how a µTCA platform can be build and what interoperability and features like hotswap will provide to the customer.	Paper 6 - presented by Rittal µTCA in an industrial environment Industrial users are increasingly interested in MicroTCA technology. What these users require, however, is a modified standard. The goal of this lecture is to show which requirements for industry and other markets must me met, and to present the first products for this line of business.
12:15	Paper 7 - presented by RadiSys uTCA Enables Application Scalability RadiSys, a leader in AdvancedTCAand AMC products and technologies, sees that as microTCA starts to mature it is becoming a viable platform choice to offer scaleable solutions for typical AdvancedTCA applications. Designs are maturing and as such start to round off the existing ecosystem. The presentation will focus on possibilities to scale for real world applications using a mixture of AMC, ATCA and uTCA building blocks.	Paper 8 - by Ericsson Power Modules Redundant MicroTCA power system The MicroTCA specification includes provisions for improving reliability by means of redundant power systems. This technical presentation provides an overview of this subject and also exemplifies how this could be implemented using a MicroTCA power module.
12:35	Lunch Break	Lunch Break
13:20	Keynote 2 - presented by HIPNet Why we chose MicroTCA The HIPNet (Heterogeneous IP Networks) is a UK government sponsored research and development program to look into and provide solutions for the problems of next generation networks. One of the drivers and outcomes of the program was to develop a real test network to allow the traffic models to be examined and proven. Therefore a set of flexible, expandable traffic generator platforms was required. MicroTCA and AdvancedMC technologies where chosen as the key hardware architectures for the traffic generator solutions. This presentation will describe the HIPNet project and cover why MicroTCA and AdvancedMC where chosen and the experiences that the project has had with the technology.	Keynote 2 - presented by HIPNet Why we chose MicroTCA The HIPNet (Heterogeneous IP Networks) is a UK government sponsored research and development program to look into and provide solutions for the problems of next generation networks. One of the drivers and outcomes of the program was to develop a real test network to allow the traffic models to be examined and proven. Therefore a set of flexible, expandable traffic generator platforms was required. MicroTCA and AdvancedMC technologies where chosen as the key hardware architectures for the traffic generator solutions. This presentation will describe the HIPNet project and cover why MicroTCA and AdvancedMC where chosen and the experiences that the project has had with the technology.
13:50	Paper 9 - presented by powerbridge Simple uTCA, the better industrial PC Simple uTCA allows the customer to build compact embedded solutions for industrial automation. Due to simplifiying the uTCA standard to a useful need for industrial applications, simple uTCA utilizes a dramatic cost reduction and is therfor competitive to industrial PCs. It also is fully compliant to the PICMG uTCA standard.	Paper 10 - presented by Enea Enea Element – COTS software building blocks on top of standardized hardware To use standard hardware such as MicroTCA as a hardware platform is a very good choice, but what’s hardware without software? Some of the required software services are common to many applications and it’s often cheaper to buy instead of redeveloping these services by your own. In this presentation we will give you an overview on available COTS software building blocks including Logging, Messaging, Fault Management, High Availability Services, In-Service Upgrade, Embedded Device Management and Chassis Management.
14:15	Paper 11 - presented by N.A.T. MicroTCA systems for real applications: key components and building blocks Building uTCA systems not just for lab use but for real applications requires quite a few off-the-shelf building blocks, i.e.  MicroTCA Carrier Hub (MCH), Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AMCs) for I/O and computation, chassis, power supplies etc. Using real applications a few MicroTCA systems will be put together, demonstrating how new standards like AMCs can be easily combined with well known standards such as PMC and IP modules. Special emphasis will be put on aspects like interoperability and management, covering the NAT-MCH, I/O and resource AMCs, carriers for PMC and IP modules and extenders.	Paper 12 - presented by Wind River Wind River PNE-LE fits as a software platform perfectly, offering CGL 4.0-registered microTCA offers a cost-effective, flexible and powerful hardware platform for the industrial, medical, networking, aerospace & defense and other vertical markets. Wind River PNE-LE fits as a software platform perfectly, offering CGL 4.0-registered Wind River Linux which provides support for hardware management (IPMI) and increased availability, determinstic real-time with Real-Time Core and supports the latest in 64-bit and multi-core CPUs. Wind River Workbench helps to develop, validate, test, support and maintain your code with its run-time analysis tools, user- and system-level software- and hardware (JTAG) debugger support.
14:35	Coffee Break	Coffee Break
15:05	Paper 13 - presented by Kontron MicroTCA and AMC system A large range of Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AMCs) have appeared in a very short period of time. They enable the implementation of systems that comply with the MicroTCA standard but whose application goes well beyond telecommunication. AMCs also represent an excellent base for implementing multi-processor systems in the industrial sector. As a key player in Embedded Computing, Kontron presents its AMC portfolio and complete systems based on MicroTCA and AMC systems	Paper 14 - presented by MicroBlade High Performance, Low cost Solution MicroTCA System The presentation will highlight the problems that we are facing today technically (cooling units, Power modules, JSM, Load Modules, 1U and 2 U) and commercially and will introduce a solution based on a low-cost MicroTCA system
15:30	Paper 15 - presented by Schroff Thermal Management of a MicroTCA Shelf The AdvancedMC specification defines for the physically small AdvancedMC Modules a high power comsumption of up to 80 W, which leads to a maximum power dissipation of 1160 W for a complete MicroTCA 19" subrack. Getting the heat out of the small sized MicroTCA systems turns out to be a challenge. This presentation takes a look on different cooling methods and the needed simulations and measurements that have to be performed to verify and optimize the thermal concept of the system.	Paper 16 - presented by Actel Mixed Signal Programmable System Chips for TCA System Management Integrated system management, as detailed in the ATCA, AMC, and MicroTCA specifications, require significant resources across both the analog and digital domains.  The unique attributes of a mixed-signal programmable system chip enable system designers to integrate analog current, voltage and temperature monitoring, logic-level rapid threshold-driven power control and protection, and firmware controlled system management while increasing reliability, reducing design complexity and dropping total system cost.
15:50	Coffee Break	Coffee Break
16:20	Paper 17 - presented by Interphase Preparing the Second Wave of  MicroTCA Applications While the first generation of ATCA and µTCA systems is starting to deploy in the fields, solutions vendors and system-integrators are now preparing the second wave. New AMCs, new chassis, new interfaces are being introduced to the market to provide the processing power, the density, and the cost-effectiveness that applications demand. In this presentation, Interphase will show how its AMC modules are addressing this market evolution.	Paper 18 - presented by Performance Technologies A realistic approach to highly integrated, cost-effective MicroTCA platforms The introduction of MicroTCA and its benefits have been well received by embedded designers interested in standards-based, next generation platforms. However, wide acceptance of this new standard requires MicroTCA to reach it's maximum potential in low profile, high density, cost-effectiveness, and ready-for-deployment design. This presentation highlights these requirements and introduces an innovative and new architecture that dismantles conventional MicroTCA approaches and delivers the true promise of MicroTCA.
16:45	Wrap-up and Prize Draw	Wrap-up and Prize Draw

Workshops Abstracts

Time	Workshop
09:50 - 10:00	Conference Opening and Welcome
10:30 - 11:10	Workshop 1 - organised by Schroff MicroTCA in Practice, Part 1 - Simplified System-, Backplane- and Management concepts Even if the management functionality of a MicroTCA shelf is a powerful tool for remote control, redundancy handling, event logging, hot swap and e-keying, outside the telecom world it is often oversized. This presentation shows simplified system concepts, optimized for the use outside the telecom market. In addition the presentation takes a look on the management structure of MicroTCA and shows ways how to reduce the cooling and power mangement  while keeping important functionalities as hot swap or temperature control.
11:15 - 11:55	Workshop 2 - organised by Kontron MicroTCA in Practice, Part 2 - Options for Systems Design Originating in Telecommunications, the AdvancedMC and MicroTCA standards represent a stable and future proof basis for systems. However, the areas of application reach well beyond telecommunications into industrial automation and medical applications. Among the applications are motion control, image processing and high-end data processing, which need multi-processor systems and benefit from the flexibility of the concept. For such applications, many requirements from telecommunications concerning redundancy and specific implementations such as the MicroTCA Power Modules and Cooling units are not needed. Also, the concept of the MCH can be drastically simplified, while keeping management and the use of standard AMCs.
12:00 - 12:40	Workshop 3 - organised by N.A.T. MicroTCA in practise: data fabrics - how to use and how to manage Within a MicroTCA system data fabrics, the so called "fat pipe" fabrics, ensure the system interconnect with bandwidths between 1Gbps and 10Gbps. However PCI express (PCIe), serial RapidIO (SRIO), and Ethernet (1GbE and XAUI) all have their advantages and disadvantages. Depending on the type of application the supposititious simpliest solution not always is  the best suiting one also. Beside explaining the pros and cons as well as the management of the fat pipe fabrics in detail the workshop will demonstrate their functionality by use in a life system also providing some benchmarks.
12:40 - 13:20	Lunch Break
13:50 - 14:30	Workshop 4 - organised by GE Fanuc Scalable Packet Processing Solutions Using MicroTCA Packet processing is becoming more and more important not only in new generation Telecommunication networks, but also in industrial applications such as medical imaging, IP based security and surveillance and remote site control and management. This workshop will focus on Cavium Octeon based packet processors, going all the way from key silicon functions to board level AMC features to MicroTCA based system design. Presentation will address both HW and SW aspects and will be backed up by active demonstration.
14:30 - 15:00	Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:40	Workshop 5 - organised by Advantech Switching to the right MicroTCA CarrierHub This workshop will present the system Management framework from MicroTCA and its applicability across a wide range of applications and associated availability levels. At the low-end the MCH executes both carrier and shelf Manager firmware as a basis for simple but efficient system management. Component cost is a key factor for successful deployment of MicroTCA in such applications. At the high-end, a MCH which can integrate a control plane processor will hit the sweetspot for a highly integrated, cost efficient, highly available system using a state of the art SAF-based management framework.
15:40 - 16:00	Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:40	Workshop 6 - organised by Emerson The Clear Choice for MicroTCA MicroTCA.0, now in its second year of existence, is evolving. With the new MicroTCA.1 specification close to release, the technology is gaining a higher level of ruggedization in terms of shock, vibration and temperature while maintaining the air-cooled standard AMCs. The newly started conduction-cooled MicroTCA.2 specification extends the reach of MicroTCA into new market spaces such as industrial, aerospace and military. This workshop will provide a short overview of MicroTCA.0 and the changes being brought about by MicroTCA.1 and MicroTCA.2. The presenter will then examine real world applications for MicroTCA.0 from the sales funnel.
16:45	Wrap-up and Prize Draw