AdvancedTCA TMPICMG 3.0Short Form SpecificationJanuary 2003This short form specification is derived from the PICMG 3.0® Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA) specification as approved on December 30, 2002 by the PICMG® Executive Membership. For guidelines on the design of the AdvancedTCA™ compliant boards and systems, refer to the full specification–do not use this short form for any design decisions.Copyright 2003, PCI Industrial Computers Manufacturers Group (PICMG)PICMG disclaims all warranties and liability for the use of this document and the information contained herein and assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document, nor is PICMG responsible for any incidental or consequential damages resulting from the use of any data in this document, nor does PICMG assume any responsibility to update or correct any information in this publication.PICMG 3.0 Short Form SpecificationPage 1 of 33Overview This short form specification is a subset of the full AdvancedTCA™ base PICMG® 3.0 specification developed by PICMG®. This document is meant to provide background information for those interested in the progress and direction of the AdvancedTCA effort, but it is not a design document. Anyone wishing to design a board, backplane or system should obtain the full specifications from PICMG®. A PDF version of this short form specification can be downloaded from the AdvancedTCA section of the PICMG® Web Site at http://www.advancedtca.org. Note that the full document contains far more information and many sections not touched upon in this short form document.Introduction and objectives The PICMG® (PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group) 3.0 specification de...
