Why choose CompactPCI/PMC technology over VME?
Compact PCI/PMC open architecture is a worldwide standard that is rapidly being adopted by the military/aerospace industry. It facilitates program development via its support of a wide range of off-the-shelf third-party hardware modules and software tools. This simplifies the upgrade process and allows the computer to support new processing and peripheral elements as they become available. Using an open architecture approach with a PowerPC processor means lower cost cockpit systems, greater processing speed, more power, improved flexibility and lower maintenance and upgrade costs.