Product category: Networking Hardware
News Release from: Force Computers | Subject: Everest
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 21 October 2002
Reference design for
networking and comms
The Everest reference design processor PCI mezzanine card (PrPMC) is based on the Broadcom BCM1250 (SiByte) embedded processor
With dual 64bit MIPS cores and gigabit Ethernet controllers on the BCM1250, this multiprocessing PrPMC offers one of the most flexible, high-density platforms for general-purpose functionality, enabling quick, easy-to-program software development. Intended primarily for communications and networking applications, the Everest module provides an embedded building-block for load-balancing web servers, "high-touch" packet switching, storage area networks (SANs) and other uses requiring flexible, high-bandwidth processing.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 21 October 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Built on a standard small-footprint PrPMC form-factor, the Everest module can be implemented on host platforms or carrier cards with available PMC slots for system offloading or other high-datarate control procedures.
By adding the Everest reference design to its existing 'off-the-shelf' technology building blocks, Force can provide a BCM1250 design in a standard form factor or adapt it to OEM specifications.
As the enabling technology at the heart of the Everest PrPMC, the Broadcom BCM1250 employs a 256bit ZBbus system bus, which delivers up to 128Gbit/s bandwidth.
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Together with the dual MIPS cores and on-chip gigabit Ethernet controllers, it maintains complete data and I/O coherence.
In addition, because the BCM1250 is compliant with the MIPS64 instruction set architecture (ISA), OEMs can take advantage of a large, existing base of third-party development tools and software written for the MIPS platform, which minimises programming efforts.
Other features on the module are: 256Mbyte ECC-protected DDR266 memory - expandable to 1Gbyte; Hypertransport and 32bit PCI interfaces; up to 64Mbyte onboard user Flash; and board support packages (BSPs) for VxWorks and Linux operating systems.
"Force's Everest module leverages our BCM1250 architecture to offer OEMs a flexible solution for networking and communications applications", said Krishna Anne, strategic marketing manager of Broadcom's Broadband Processor Business Unit.
"Customers focused on web server, packet switching and storage area network markets can maximise use of the PrPMC's robust feature set to reduce time-to-market".
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