Add status and plans

presentations/WR_Javier_Turk_2023_07/wr_turk_telekom_2023_07.tex

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 % 	     \url{https://www.ohwr.org/projects/white-rabbit/}
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-%% \begin{frame}{Open \textbf{and} commercially available off-the-shelf}
-%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-%% \includegraphics[width=1.0\textwidth]{misc/WR-zoo.jpg}\vspace{-1cm}
-%%  \begin{center}
-%%  \small
-%%  \textbf{Companies selling White Rabbit:} \url{www.ohwr.org/projects/white-rabbit/wiki/wrcompanies}
-%%  \end{center}
+\begin{frame}{Open \textbf{and} commercially available off-the-shelf}
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\includegraphics[width=1.0\textwidth]{misc/WR-zoo.jpg}\vspace{-1cm}
+ \begin{center}
+ \small
+ \textbf{Companies selling White Rabbit:} \url{www.ohwr.org/projects/white-rabbit/wiki/wrcompanies}
+ \end{center}
 
-%% \end{frame}
+\end{frame}
 
 
-%% \section{Technology}
+%% \Section{Technology}
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 \begin{frame}{White Rabbit technology - sub-ns synchronisation}
@@ -275,6 +275,52 @@
   \end{block}
 \end{frame}
 
+\section{Status and Plans}
+\subsection{}
+
+\begin{frame}{Status}
+  \begin{block}{Successful Open Source Project}
+    \begin{itemize}
+      \item WR concepts now part of IEEE Std 1588-2019.
+      \item WR redefined to mean an open-source implementation of the
+        High-Accuracy profile guaranteeing 1 ns accuracy and the friendly
+        community around this development.
+    \end{itemize}
+  \end{block}
+  \pause
+  \begin{block}{The threat of ``catastrophic success''}
+    \begin{itemize}
+      \item Delegating support to WR commercial providers was part of our
+        scalability strategy but did not really work.
+      \item Some WR developers at CERN moved on to other projects.
+      \item This combined with the increasing uptake of the technology in many
+        areas raises a sustainability issue.
+    \end{itemize}
+  \end{block}
+\end{frame}
+
+
+\begin{frame}{Plans}
+  \begin{block}{Technical}
+    \begin{itemize}
+      \item Work on WR PTP Core v5 release, consolidating more than 100 branches.
+      \item Design WR Switch v4, featuring a Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+ SoC.
+      \item Further down the line: seamless redundancy, better support for
+        long-distance synchronisation, applications\ldots
+    \end{itemize}
+  \end{block}
+  \pause
+  \begin{block}{Organisational}
+    \begin{itemize}
+      \item Segregate general and CERN-specific developments.
+      \item Ensure both are properly staffed.
+      \item Launch WR Collaboration with the aim of ensuring the sustainability
+        of the open-source core of the technology.
+    \end{itemize}
+  \end{block}
+\end{frame}
+
+
 
 \section{Summary}
 \subsection{}
@@ -282,11 +328,11 @@
 \begin{frame}{Summary}
   \begin{itemize}
    \item A versatile, standards-based solution for sub-nanosecond
-     synchronisation
-   \item Used in Physics and beyond, standardised under IEEE Std 1588-2019
+     synchronisation.
+   \item Used in Physics and beyond, standardised under IEEE Std 1588-2019.
    \item Fully open source (hardware, gateware, firmware, software): solid basis
-     for evolution and customisation
-   \item Now entering a new phase through the creation of the WR Collaboration 
+     for evolution and customisation.
+   \item Now entering a new phase through the creation of the WR Collaboration. 
   \end{itemize}
 \end{frame}