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Publication:	Linux Devices
Date:	11/17/2011
Citation:	VDC says the global COM (computer on module) market will grow from $380 million in 2010 to $883 million by 2015. The market for associated carrier boards will explode from 52.6 million to $212.5 million during the same time period, the research firm adds. Read Entire Article
Publication:	Connected Planet
Date:	10/6/2011
Citation:	Chris Rezendes, executive vice president of m2m and embedded device research firm VDC Research, said he expects to see strong interest in cloud-based m2m from chief financial officers who are asking why their companies are buying SCADA servers, for example, when they don’t pay for email in that manner. Rezendes added, though, that VDC also expects to see private cloud m2m implementations, perhaps involving communities of companies in specific vertical markets. Read Entire Article
Publication:	First Article: A Blog Powered by Dell OEM Solutions
Date:	8/30/2011
Citation:	One such trend, based on a recent publication from VDC Research, projects the 5-year CAGR growth of Slot Single Board Computers (SBCs) at 11.2%. Here are some insights on what factors are driving this growth and what to expect from this trend, even when we don’t currently offer the new technology. Read Entire Article
Publication:	EECatalog
Date:	5/17/2011
Citation:	In its “Embedded Processors, 2010” report, VDC Research offers analysis on the global market demand that shows an increasing trend toward multicore architecture through 2014, following the demand for higher performance. Read Entire Article
Publication:	Eurotech
Date:	11/15/2010
Citation:	"VDC Research sees the Eurotech approach as a harbinger of solution development, deployment and management strategies in the future. That future will enable deployers to focus more on business logic and less on fundamental compute, control and communication technologies,” comments Chris Rezendes, Executive Vice President of VDC Research Group. “The resulting solutions will better meet the universal enterprise goal of greater agility through broader access and more accurate application of real time mission critical data from embedded applications.” Read Entire Article

Publication:	ATCAnewsletter.com
Date:	10/1/2008
Citation:	Integrated Software: The Key to Progress in the AdvancedTCA Market,By Eric Heikkila, Contributing Editor, and Director of Embedded Hardware Practice, Venture Development Corporation (VDC)As more network equipment providers (NEPs) have adopted AdvancedTCA, the key issue has become standardizing and outsourcing not just hardware, but also the software stack up to the application layer. The ecosystem must provide the capabilities to do this if AdvancedTCA is to succeed. This will require a larger role for both software companies and for groups focused on standardizing software. Read Entire Article
Publication:	PC/104 & PC/104-Plus
Date:	5/1/2008
Citation:	Looking Beyond PC/104-Plus An Interview with Embedded Systems Analyst Eric Heikkila by Geoffrey James Read Entire Article
Publication:	Military Embedded Systems
Date:	4/15/2008
Citation:	GrammaTech Awarded DARPA Contract to Develop Static-Analysis Technology for Examining Multi-Core Systems Research recently released by Venture Development Corporation (VDC), projects strong revenue growth through 2011 in the market for multi-core CPUs in embedded applications. According to Eric Heikkila, director of VDC's Embedded Hardware and Software Practice, "The embedded multi-core CPU market very much equates to a billion dollar opportunity over the next five years." Read Entire Article
Publication:	Embedded Intel Solutions
Date:	4/8/2008
Citation:	Performance Technologies Sets Industry Benchmark for Highly Integrated 1U MicroTCA™ Platforms "Embedded design teams have embraced open standards-based platforms, such as MicroTCA, because these platforms meet the technical needs of users and most importantly because they drive down development times and material costs," said Eric Heikkila, Director of the Embedded Hardware & Systems Practice at VDC. "VDC believes that driving down development time and cost is absolutely vital to the success of any open-standard platform. Performance Technologies has well positioned the MTC5070 with its highly integrated architecture to do just this. It provides a way for MicroTCA users to meet their most important objectives." Read Entire Article
Publication:	CompactPCI and Advanced TCA Systems
Date:	4/8/2008
Citation:	RadiSys : Processor module uses Intel Atom processor Z500 "RadiSys has extended the capabilities of standards-based COMs again with the Procelerant Z500 module," said Eric Heikkila, Director of VDC's Embedded Hardware Practice. "RadiSys has zeroed in on the key module features required to stand out in handheld and mobile applications, such as the focus on battery support and ACPI implementation. In addition, they shrunk the module form factor while keeping it electrically compatible with Type 2 COM Express products. That gives device makers the best of two worlds-they can improve the power/performance profile in existing designs, as well as make future handheld and mobile devices smaller and more thermally efficient." Read Entire Article

Publication:	Bnet
Date:	4/8/2008
Citation:	RadiSys : Processor module uses Intel Atom processor Z500 "RadiSys has extended the capabilities of standards-based COMs again with the Procelerant Z500 module," said Eric Heikkila, Director of VDC's Embedded Hardware Practice. "RadiSys has zeroed in on the key module features required to stand out in handheld and mobile applications, such as the focus on battery support and ACPI implementation. In addition, they shrunk the module form factor while keeping it electrically compatible with Type 2 COM Express products. That gives device makers the best of two worlds-they can improve the power/performance profile in existing designs, as well as make future handheld and mobile devices smaller and more thermally efficient." Read Entire Article
Publication:	EETimes
Date:	4/3/2008
Citation:	Chip industry confronts 'software gap' between multicore, programming "There is a major gap between the hardware and the software," said Eric Heikkila, director of embedded hardware research at Venture Development Corp. (VDC; Natick, Mass.)...But on the software side, vendors reported that only about 6 percent of their tools were ready for parallel chips in 2007, a figure that will only rise to 40 percent in 2011, VDC said. As much as 85 percent of all embedded programming is now done in C or C++, languages that are "difficult to optimize for multicore," said Heikkila."There's a need for a short-term fix to make C/C++ more expressive, as well as a long-term solution with new languages and tools," he said. (More in article...) Read Entire Article
Publication:	PC/ 104 and Small Form Factors
Date:	4/3/2008
Citation:	RadiSys : Processor module uses Intel Atom processor Z500 "RadiSys has extended the capabilities of standards-based COMs again with the Procelerant Z500 module," said Eric Heikkila, Director of VDC's Embedded Hardware Practice. "RadiSys has zeroed in on the key module features required to stand out in handheld and mobile applications, such as the focus on battery support and ACPI implementation. In addition, they shrunk the module form factor while keeping it electrically compatible with Type 2 COM Express products. That gives device makers the best of two worlds-they can improve the power/performance profile in existing designs, as well as make future handheld and mobile devices smaller and more thermally efficient." Read Entire Article
Publication:	CompactPCI and Advanced TCA Systems
Date:	4/1/2008
Citation:	An interview with Norbert Hauser, Vice President Marketing, Kontron Norbert Hauser: "Similar to the market forecaster VDC. AdvancedTCA sales have been about $480 million in 2007 [and are anticipated to grow at more than 50 percent in the upcoming years]. As the buy-in from Tier 1 Network Equipment Providers (NEPs) has increased, Service Providers have become more interested in open standards in the face of declining margins, and volume rollout of systems from early adopters has begun. CompactPCI and the next generation VME architectures VXS and VXP in 2007 are estimated at $1.6 billion and will make significant contributions to the overall market growth at about 15 percent annually. MicroTCA is just starting with about $8.5 million in sales in 2007 but now is also moving into defense and aerospace, industrial, and medical markets. VDC expects this to grow rapidly at about 150 percent CAGR up to $350 millionin 2011." Read Entire Article
Publication:	The Multicore Association
Date:	4/1/2008
Citation:	The Multicore Association Announces Public Availability of Its Communications API Specification "A key part of having software applications run efficiently on multicore architectures is to enable swift intercore communication on the chip," said Eric Heikkila, industry analyst with VDC. "The MCAPI proposal will help multicore software developers build applications that can run on a wider variety of multicore architectures, enlarging their multicore design options and minimizing the amount of time spent porting and tuning applications for different multicore implementations." Read Entire Article

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Publication:	The Register-Guard
Date:	9/12/2010
Citation:	The embedded computer in-dustry “took a really bad beating” in the recession, said Eric Gulliksen, senior analyst, embedded hardware at VDC Research Group. Read Entire Article
Publication:	EE Times
Date:	4/29/2010
Citation:	VDC Research presented its Embeddie Awards for best new products on show on the ESC Silicon Valley show floor. The company invited all exhibitors who were announcing or demonstrating significant new software or hardware products to have the chance to submit themselves for consideration. Read Entire Article
Publication:	Juniper Networks
Date:	4/15/2010
Citation:	"The demand for IP connectivity now extends far beyond traditional consumer and enterprise networks, to a newly-connected world of air, sea, and terrestrial vehicles and remote data collection devices," said Eric Heikkila, director, Embedded Hardware... Read Entire Article
Publication:	NEI
Date:	3/2/2010
Citation:	Service providers know they can rely on the NEBS Level 3 Certification as a tool for vetting hardware for central-office deployment, said Eric Heikkila, embedded hardware and systems lead analyst at VDC Research. "As service providers create integrated... Read Entire Article
Publication:	LinuxforDevices.com
Date:	3/1/2010
Citation:	J. Eric Gulliksen, senior analyst with VDC Research's embedded hardware and systems practice, stated, "VDC Research has believed in the modular approach to embedded computing since the introduction of COMs. FeaturePak provides a logical next step to..." Read Entire Article

Publication:	Reuters
Date:	10/27/2009
Citation:	"Our research shows the market for ATCA applications remains quite strong, despite the downturn. This is in part due to the industry`s shift from proprietary designs to interoperable standards and commercial off the shelf building blocks, said Erik Heikki Read Entire Article
Publication:	PC's Semiconductors Blog
Date:	10/27/2009
Citation:	“Our research shows the market for ATCA applications remains quite strong, despite the downturn. This is in part due to the industry’s shift from proprietary designs to interoperable standards and commercial off the shelf building blocks,” said Erik Heikk Read Entire Article
Publication:	IT Online Communities
Date:	10/17/2009
Citation:	According to Eric Heikkila, director, embedded hardware and systems analyst, VDC Research Group (News - Alert), the rapid adoption of x86 processors in embedded designs has been driven by the need to simplify designs and reduce the time to market. AMD’s c Read Entire Article
Publication:	tmcNET
Date:	9/24/2009
Citation:	“While some embedded computing segments will contract by double digits this year, our ATCA market sizing research indicates that 2009 will be within a few percentage points of what we saw in 2008,” said Eric Heikkila, director of VDC Research Group’s embe Read Entire Article
Publication:	Softpedia
Date:	8/9/2009
Citation:	The rapid adoption of x86 processors in embedded designs, which is a trend that AMD helped spur in the high-end space, has largely been driven by the need to simplify designs and get them on the market more quickly,” said Eric Heikkila, director, Embedded Hardware and Systems analyst, VDC Research Group. Read Entire Article

Publication:	Power.org
Date:	3/31/2009
Citation:	"The increasing sophistication of embedded hardware platforms, including the migration toward networked, multiprocessor systems and multi-core hardware environments, is driving new opportunities within the virtual system prototyping/simulation tools market,"says Matt Volckmann, program manager, VDC Research. Read Entire Article
Publication:	NEI
Date:	3/24/2009
Citation:	VDC Research Group (News - Alert) (www.vdcresearch.com) of Natick, Massachusetts has published a research report on the xTCA market indicating that merchant AMC board revenues are expected to nearly double during the next three years. Read Entire Article
Publication:	Military & Aerospace
Date:	2/20/2009
Citation:	Embedded processor unit shipments were worth more than 10 billion in 2008, say analysts from VDC Research Group in Natick, Mass. Read Entire Article
Publication:	Fierce Telecom
Date:	2/18/2009
Citation:	The Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture has been in the news of late, with VDC Research Group last week predicting that 85 percent of Tier 1 network equipment vendors will implement ATCA by the end of next year. Read Entire Article
Publication:	EDA Blog
Date:	2/18/2009
Citation:	According to VDC Research Group’s recent report, 2008 Embedded Integrated Computer Systems (EICS), embedded computer systems revenue in the communications vertical segment was responsible for the largest share of the total embedded integrated computer systems market. Read Entire Article

Publication:	TMC Net
Date:	2/12/2009
Citation:	Analysts from VDC Research Group predict an accelerated trend away from proprietary architectures developed in-house and toward open standards and Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) building blocks. Read Entire Article
Publication:	Advanced TCA Newsletter
Date:	12/1/2008
Citation:	AdvancedTCA Market Is Surprisingly Resilient in the Downturn, By Eric Heikkila, Contributing Editor, and Director of Embedded Hardware Practice, Venture Development Corporation (VDC) Read Entire Article
Publication:	Fierce Telecom
Date:	11/5/2008
Citation:	Last week in Hardware Corner, we talked a bit about IDC's ATCA market outlook, and this week, I interviewed Eric Heikkila, director of the embedded hardware and systems group at VDC Research Group. He has long been engaged in evaluating ATCA trends, and had the following thoughts:On the potential for ATCA vendor consolidation: "I don't think you'll see a lot of that, because it's really already happened for the most part (with Emerson buying Motorola's Embedded Communications Group and RadiSys acquiring Intel's ATCA assets). So, you have had some pretty drastic consolidation already, and a couple of big players are now at the top of the market." Read Entire Article
Publication:	NewsElectronics.co.uk
Date:	11/1/2008
Citation:	"This was an important decision because it will greatly improve size reduction and power efficiency." said Eric Heikkila, director embedded hardware and systems at VDC Research. Read Entire Article
Publication:	COTSJournalOnline.com
Date:	10/1/2008
Citation:	In his piece, Eric Heikkila, director, Embedded Hardware & Systems at VDC Research Group, analyzes and forecasts how specific embedded board form factor categories like cPCI, VME and others fit into the military embedded market’s growth, as well as the impact of multicore processors on the standard form factor board arena. Read Entire Article

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