MicroTCA: Just what the doctor ordered

By	John Groezinger Motorola

MicroTCA is predicted to make major inroads into the telecommunications arena, particularly for access applications. A major expectation, though, is that the technology will be adopted across several other major market segments, thereby fulfilling an economies-of-scale proposition that will benefit all applications and make MicroTCA a viable alternative to proprietary designs in cost-sensitive markets.

In this article, John and Paul look at one potential MicroTCA market, the medical and health care industry. Changing dynamics are making a market that has been somewhat successful for CompactPCI an ideal market for MicroTCA.

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