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The ATCA effect
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12/12/2006
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A number of sectors, but the communications sector in particular, have undergone a radical change in the way they develop systems. No longer do companies in these industries create ‘perfect fit’ solutions – essentially using almost unique components to build products which have only one application.
Today, these industries are adopting a platform based approach, where the ‘perfect fit’ of the past is replaced by commercially available products. Not only does this affect the system builders, it also has a big effect on those companies who used to design boards ‘to order’.
One such company is Radisys, which started out in the design to order business some 19 years ago. “We were good at designing and delivering at high quality,” said Todd Echieson, the company’s vp of communications networking product management. “The issue here is that it’s not a scalable business; what you make is only good for one customer.”
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Author
Graham Pitcher
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