QNX RapidIO Seminar - Houston
QNX RapidIO Seminar - Houston
QNX Rapid IO Seminar
Making the Switch to RapidIO
Houston, Texas
Thursday, September 15, 2005
RapidIO is a reliable high-speed interconnect technology ideally suited for networking applications. It provides the hardware infrastructure that enables development of distributed systems and offers a level of reliability, interoperability and traffic management not available in competing implementations.
Software also plays a critical role in the development of highly scalable, distributed systems based on RapidIO. To fully utilize the rich feature set provided, RTOS support is essential. This session will review key hardware and software development issues that must be considered in any RapidIO based system design. In this seminar, we'll explore how engineers can take advantage of the many advanced features of RapidIO, including its mechanisms for dynamic discovery, enumeration, and configuration of connected devices, as well as its provisions for resource management, automated error detection and recovery.
Particular attention will be given to the requirements for an inter-process communication or messaging layer in RapidIO designs. QNX transparent distributed processing provides system developers with a proven inter-process communication capability that can fully leverage RapidIO packet forwarding, accelerating time to market while minimizing overhead and reducing CPU utilization.
In this session, performance benchmarks comparing RapidIO to Gigabit Ethernet in real life applications will be presented and a demonstration system based on the MPC8560 and Tundra Tsi500 switch will be shown.
Join QNX for this seminar, and you'll learn:
- The technology advantages of RapidIO
- How to take full advantage of RapidIO
- Latest hardware and software developments for RapidIO
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Check in |
| 10:00 a.m - 10:05 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction - David Weintraub, QNX Software Systems |
| 10:05 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | QNX Software Systems Presentation by Jeff Schaffer |
| 10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. | RapidIO Demo by Jeff Schaffer |
| 11:45 p.m. - 1 p.m. | Lunch (sponsored by QNX Software Systems) |
Location:
Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake
3000 NASA Road One,
Houston, Texas USA
77058-4322
Tel: +1-281-333-9300
Fax: +1-281-333-3750
Directions:
From the Houston International Airport or Houston Hobby Airport, take I-45 south to NASA Road One, exit and head east. The hotel is across from the NASA/Johnson Space Center.
Please register below.