News Release from: Force Computers
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 17 September 2003
Top performance for PowerPC VME SBC
According to Force Computers, the PowerCore CPU-695 is the most flexible and scaleable VMEbus single board computer based on the PowerPC processor.
Note: Readers of the Editor’s free email newsletter will have read this news when it was announced. . It’s free!
According to Force Computers, the PowerCore CPU-695 is the most flexible and scaleable VMEbus single board computer (SBC) based on the PowerPC processor. Implementing up to 4Gbyte of high-speed double-datarate (DDR) SDRAM and dual gigabit Ethernet (GigE) interfaces, the SBC provides the highest memory and I/O bandwidth available on a VME board. Coupled with a PCI mezzanine card (PMC) slot based on PCI-X technology - enabled by the Marvell Discovery II system controller - the CPU-695 is Force's leading PowerPC VME solution.
It is powered by the 800MHz PowerPC 750FX processor to offer optimum performance and energy efficiency.
It also offers an onboard hard-disk-drive option.
The new card will find applications in semiconductor test equipment, command and control, industrial automation, communications, benign defence and aerospace, and other demanding applications.
Designed to be a compatible upgrade to Force's popular PowerCore CPU-6750, the CPU-695 offers processor and I/O expansion via dual PMC slots (one full/wide 133MHz PCI-X capable, one 66MHz enabled) - with the use of off-the-shelf PMC modules - and the Discovery II's five decoupled buses for concurrent main memory accessibility, to provide scaleable technology refreshment of legacy VME systems.
The PowerCore CPU-695 consumes less power than competing products while providing comparable performance and superior memory and I/O resources.
With the highly integrated Marvell Discovery II MV64360 system controller on a single-slot, 6U VME form-factor, this board represents one of the most robust embedded platforms on the market.
Its features include: a 133MHz front-side bus; 512Kbyte cache; up to 64Mbyte Flash memory; dual serial RS232 interfaces; dual programmable watchdogs; and Linux and VxWorks operating system support.
CPU-695s will be available immediately through Force's Early Access Unit programme, with general availability scheduled for November.
• Force Computers: contact details and other news
• Other news in VMEbus Boards and Assemblies
• Email this news to a colleague
•
• RSS news feed for Force Computers
• RSS news feed for VMEbus Boards and Assemblies
• Electronicstalk Home Page
Copyright © 2000-2006 Pro-Talk Ltd, UK. Based on news supplied by Force Computers - Subject: PowerCore CPU-695
Click on the advertisement to visit the advertiser's web site now