<s>
Reflective	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
means	O
to	O
share	O
common	O
data	O
between	O
different	O
and	O
independent	O
systems	O
deterministically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
systems	O
using	O
a	O
common	O
reflective	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
form	O
a	O
reflective	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
network	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
deterministic	O
one	O
,	O
when	O
any	O
system	O
of	O
the	O
network	O
acquired	O
data	O
and	O
writes	O
it	O
to	O
its	O
local	O
memory	O
,	O
such	O
data	O
is	O
written	O
locally	O
to	O
all	O
other	O
systems	O
,	O
this	O
behaviour	O
is	O
like	O
a	O
dual-ported	O
memory	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reflective	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
networks	O
are	O
real-time	O
local	O
area	O
networks	O
where	O
each	O
device	O
or	O
computer	O
always	O
has	O
a	O
local	O
up-to-date	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
shared	O
data	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reflective	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
technologies	O
are	O
focused	O
to	O
applications	O
where	O
determinism	O
,	O
simplicity	O
for	O
implementation	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
software	O
overhead	O
are	O
very	O
important	O
considerations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reflective	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
was	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
by	O
VMIC	O
for	O
applications	O
in	O
VME	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Usually	O
reflective	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
devices	O
are	O
connected	O
together	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
fiber	O
optic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
commonly	O
used	O
with	O
real-time	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
VXI	B-Architecture
and	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
business	O
became	O
GE	O
Intelligent	O
Platforms	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
embedded	O
computing	O
element	O
of	O
the	O
business	O
was	O
spun	O
off	O
in	O
2015	O
as	O
Abaco	O
Systems	O
,	O
who	O
now	O
market	O
reflective	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
reflective	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
application	O
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
Large	O
Binocular	O
Telescope	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
reported	O
that	O
each	O
subsystem	O
of	O
the	O
telescope	O
control	O
system	O
includes	O
ethernet	O
connection	O
for	O
reflective	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
