American Logic Machines
American Logic Machines is a privately held embedded computing solutions provider based in San Jose, California in the United States. It is focused on the design, development and support of integrated computer solutions. It provides the electronic fabric for smart product design. ALM serves a variety of electronic industries worldwide: including automotive, aerospace, bio-medical, industrial, instrumentation, networking and consumer electronics. American Logic Machines has successfully delivered scalable solutions in the above-mentioned industries. ALM is a pioneer in the concept of Modularized Integration. Modular design and integration, is used extensively in building and deploying Data-Centers, Cloud-computing and in IoT.
| Privately held company | |
| Industry | Computer Industry Embedded Computing |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Network, Medical, Defense/Aerospace, Servers, Automotive, Industrial, Instrumentation, Consumer Electronics |
| Website | alm-net |
Products
- Network Products
- Intelligent Services Switch, Media Gateways, VPN appliances, SAN, Wireless base-station, Internet and Intranet Servers.
- Medical Products
- Patient Monitoring Systems, Ultrasound, Perfusion systems, Life support systems, infusion drug delivery systems, medical research & development prototype systems.
- Defense/Aerospace Products
- Commercial Avionics, Ruggedized/High Reliability Systems, Military communications systems, Defense/Security Vehicular Electronics, Security Screening and Identification Systems.
- Server Products
- Web Servers, Document Servers, Database Servers, and Email Servers.
- Automotive Products
- Navigation systems, Engine control, Diagnostic systems, Safety and Security systems.
- Industrial Products
- Industrial computer systems, Manufacturing automation, Robotics, Machine control. Instrumentation Example solutions: - Test and Measurement, Avionic and Auto-diagnostics, Plant monitoring, Military and Security Instruments used in Research and Development.
- Consumer Electronics Products
- Audio visual systems, Home appliances, Home entertainment systems, Digital imaging, Portable devices
History
ALM is a pioneer in the concept of Modularized Integration: VMEbus, VPX, Futurebus and other scalable bus architecture technologies. One of the most profound adoptions of this technology was spearheaded by Motorola – VMEbus. It became the default platform for the DOD, DOE, Sun Microsystems (mainly their Federal division), Xerox and several telecommunication giants Bell Labs, Contel, Plessey and Digital Equipment Corporation. It was deployed worldwide in most Telecoms.
Early design of hardware infrastructure of the WWW was based on modular technology such as VMEbus and bus based technology. Several servers, routers and switchers were designed using this technology; CISCO and Sun Microsystems were some of the early adapters. A landmark approach to future generations of VMEbus – VPX was coined and pioneered by American Logic Machines in 2004 at Bus&Board. Adaptations of VPX are used by companies such as General Electric (GE), Curtiss Wright, Kontron.
The latest R&D by ALM is in System On a Chip (SOC) and System On Module (SOM), where the function of systems and boards are reduced to chip scale. The benefits of migrating systems to chip-scale are in cost, size and performance.
References
- History of Porting UNIX and Derivatives - Contract Manufacturing. - Advance SOC/ASIC verification