Open standards simplify system design while offering robust ecosystems of solutions providers. Even as open standards are adopted across industries and platforms, updates are needed from time-to-time. For example, take ANSI/VITA 42.0-2021 XMC. VITA 42.0 XMC defines a popular mezzanine card architecture using a PCIe interconnect to host carrier modules. XMC modules attach to various form factors including SOSA PICs, PXIe, VPX, PCIe and others. As PCIe increases in speed, standards using the … [Read more...]