THALES VxG4 Series Where COTS Meets Where COTS Meets Reality THALES’ VxG4 series delivers a new concept of high- performance VME Computing Nodes. With the latest PowerPC™ G4 processor and its AltiVec™ vector unit, these computing nodes provide an innovative COTS approach for high-end Data and Signal Processing applications. Reality P R O L C E A S N S G I I N S G D A Thales VxG4 Series To achieve these results and make them processor with 100+ MHz bus, General Overview easily accessible to software designers, management of two PCI busses: one 32-bit Thales Computers engineers have been PCI bus and a second 64-bit PCI bus at up At Thales Computers, we have a whole- working on three main issues: to 66 MHz. This chip is now part of the system philosophy when it comes to IBM offering (part number CPC710). It innovation. We actively pursue and develop ASIC Innovation performs as a crossbar between the techniques for improving our product processors, the main memory and the PCI performance, I/O capabilities, cluster To maintain an innovative edge, Thales busses. This crossbar function is a key to management and ruggedness to give our Computers aligns itself with key implement a high-performance computing customers maximum design flexibility with organizations and industry leaders. Our node. close development partnership with IBM cutting-edge technology. has given Thales Computers early access to ALMA64 is the PCI/VME bus bridge that The VxG4 series represents another step forward in Thales Computers' technology the latest IBM chip designs and has interfaces the 32-bit PCI bus of Avignon progress. As the PowerPC™ experts, we resulted in jointly-designed ASICs for with the VME64 bus. Due to its small die continue to track the evolution of PowerPC optimizing on-board resource access. size, ALMA64 beats the competition for low power designs. technology and we provide a high- Avignon, the host bridge, benefits from the performance Computing Node based on the accumulated experience of both partners COBRA is dedicated to the control of PowerPC G4 technology. since the beginning of the PowerPC and interrupts and other real-time functions. With its AltiVec vector processing unit, the brings new features and performance Interrupt control features an OpenPIC adapted to the PowerPC 750 and 7400 compliant device including multi- PowerPC 7400 (G4) is ideally suited for (G4) versions: double-bank SDRAM microprocessor support and support for all Signal Processing functions and leading- edge computing. To meet those memory with ECC, support of quad variations of edge/level high/low polarity requirements, the VxG4 series features two or four G4 processors. With more than 6400 MFlops in a single VME slot, these Data-Flow Optimized Architecture: multiprocessor nodes deliver • 2 PCI/PMC slots unprecedented performance and enable • Crossbar by host-bridge real-time processing of the most • DMA Engines demanding data streams. Outstanding Computing Built to Standards: Performance: • One VME slot • Quad PowerPC • PCI busses 7400 (G4) • PowerPC • High memory • Standard development dedicated to tools inter-processor • VSIPL signal and exchanges image processing • Optimized double library bank memory management Supervision Toolkit for High-End Support of COTS Data and Signal Processing Machines: Operating Systems: • Inter-processor communications • Standard environments: • Signal processing library LynxOS, VxWorks, ... • External I/O support • Compatibility with the most • Supervision and debug popular development tools N P A P L A I C T A A T D I O N S SERIAL 0-3 PMC 2 PMC 1 VxG4a Thales’ VxG4a is designed to support on 32 interrupt sources. With numerous SDRAM Memory Motorola’s latest PowerPC G4 timers, control of NVRAM and Flash • 128, 256 or 512 MB of on-board technologies. Memory, FIFOs for message passing, SDRAM with ECC COBRA eases the development of real- The V2G4a and V4G4a, respectively, are • Double bank memory management time applications and the control of available with two or four PowerPC 7400 handled by the IBM CPC710 host bridge complex I/Os. processors @ 400 MHz speeds. ROM Memory Board Architecture Technical Data 512 KB + 1 MB of system Flash EPROM To take full advantage of both the memory are available for initialization and performances of the G4 with its 2MB L2 operating system boot routines. PowerPC Processor cache and the bandwidth of Avignon – the Optional User Flash (32 MB) is devoted to • PowerPC Processor IBM CPC710 host bridge – Thales embedded system requirements. • Either two or four superscalar PowerPC Computers has implemented two 7400 processors operating at 400 MHz PCI Interface remarkable features : • L1: 32-KB instruction cache and 32-KB data cache per processor Two PCI interfaces (master/slave with • a high speed memory dedicated to inter- • Four instructions per clock cycle burst capability) are implemented on the processor exchanges. Managed by • Dynamic branch prediction VxG4a: Avignon as a standard part of the global • Multiple integer units • The first PCI bus provides a high-speed memory, it can be accessed at a very high • Memory Management Unit (MMU) backbone for local interconnect (Host speed on the PowerPC bus and thus • 64-bit data bus Bridge, VME Bridge, PMC slot) and is avoids any bottleneck when algorithm • JTAG interface for ICE tools. fully compliant to PCI Specs- Rev.2 implementation requires low latency • Low Power Implementation (32-bit) inter-processor data transfers; • AltiVec™ vector unit • The second PCI bus is designed for • with two PCI busses, Avignon can Cache Memory connecting PMC mezzanine modules, manage two data flows concurrently. and provides a Rev. 2 standard 64-bit 2 MB cache memory per processor Combined with high-performance supports high performance transfers on the PCI interface that can operate at 33 or 66 networking PMCs, it allows versatile dedicated L2 Bus-1.6Gbytes/sec MHz configurations to meet the various @400MHz. The VxG4a Computing Node can maintain requirements of complex data-flow architectures. concurrent bus operations on two PCI Fast Inter-processor busses using the uniquely optimized IBM Memory Software Offering CPC710 host bridge. This crossbar allows • 128 MB of SDRAM on PowerPC bus applications using PCI to operate With the increased computing power and • Managed by IBM CPC710 host bridge efficiently in parallel, doubling available the versatility of the PowerPC G4, it is (memory coherency supported) ABORT0 throughput. 0 now possible to use COTS hardware and 1 RESET 2 software to build innovative solutions to VMEbus P1 (5-row) VMEbus P2 (5-row) 3 A handle Signal Processing applications such B P0 as Sonar, Radar and Medical Imaging. To C RED GREEN ease the burden and lower the time-to- 0 FAULT0 RUN0 - --- --- 3 FAULT3 RUN3 A RESET PCI64 B VME FSDRAM market for such complex systems, Thales 2 MB G4 2 MB G4 128 MB 2 MB G4 2 MB G4 C TEST USER L2 400+ L2 400+ FAST L2 400+ L2 400+ Computers with the help of its customers SRAM MHz SRAM MHz SDRAM SRAM MHz SRAM MHz has specified PowerLine4, a set of tools PowerPC bus 64 bits aimed at fulfilling platform management Double bank memory requirements such as: Inter-Processor 128 MB to 1GB 1 PMC64 Communication, Signal Processing SDRAM @ 66MHz 1 PMC32 CPC Library, External I/O Support, Supervision 128 bits PCI 64 @ 33 MHz 710 PMC 2 and Debug. According to its specification, SDRAM PMC 1 Flash PMC I/O PowerLine4 is compatible with all standard EeProm (64) COTS Software Development PMC I/O PCI 32 32MB (32) Environments and aims at reducing the development time and operational 4 Serial constraints linked with complex COTS- ALMA COBRA to P2 Lines to P2 based Signal Processing systems. VME 64 OPTIONAL V4G4a time data and signal processing PMC Carrier Card ALMA64 VME Interface applications on clusters of multiprocessor (V2PMC) • Managed by the ALMA 64/IBM PCI to boards (see PowerLine 4 toolkit). VME bridge component, a highly For configurations requiring additional The VSIPL library, customized for our integrated low power single chip PCI connectivity, Thales Computers offers G4 implementation, optimises the solution a PMC carrier card that provides two extra performance of the AltiVec vector unit • VME64 ANSI/VITA-1 1994 compliant PMC slots. The PMC carrier card is fitted while simplifying the programming of • VMEbus system controller in an adjacent VMEbus slot. Applications portable signal processing code. • VMEbus requester (Level 1-4) requiring up to four PCI slots (such as • VMEbus interrupter and interrupt redundant configurations) can therefore be Connectivity handler (IRQ1-7) easily implemented. The Carrier Card is • The PMC I/Os on Thales’ VxG4a are • VMEbus master/slave A32, A24, A16: connected to the VxG4a via a P0 overlay available either via the front panel or D32, D16, D8, UAT on the backplane for optimum flexibility through the VME P2 connector (see • VMEbus master/slave A32, A24: and modularity. table on next page). D32BLT, D64MBLT The following table summarizes the • For the conduction cooled version • Programmable VME slave image base number of PMC slots available with/ (/RC), all I/Os are directed to P2 address and size (8 VME slave channels) without the carrier board: according to IEEE 1101.2-1992 • PCI to VME access conversion through Available VME standard. Configuration 8 MB granularity mapping table PMC Slots Slots • 6 general purpose Input/Output TTL • Transmit/Receive FIFOs compatible signals are available via the • Programmable posted write, prefetch VxG4a without VME P2 (connected to COBRA). read, coupled mode Carrier Card 2 1 • Programmable BB2BLT mode: mapping Thales' Product of multiple single PCI accesses to a VxG4a with Warranty and Services VMEbus BLT/MBLT cycle Carrier Card 4 2 • Semaphore registers • All of Thales' hardware products are • VME/PCI 2 channels DMA controller covered by a twelve month return-to- For the Rugged versions, the PMC slots factory warranty. can accept conduction cooled PMC Serial Lines • Several service programs are available, according to CCPMC VITA 2.0 standard • Four available RS-232 ports up to 115.2 including update services, hotline (draft 1.2). Kb/s access, product repair and exchange • Implemented using the TL16C754 services, technical assistance, on-site or Thales Dedicated component remote technical assistance. Real-Time I/O • ISO 9001: Thales Computers' ISO 9001 PBIT, IBIT Controller: COBRA certification is just another way for us to Automatically triggered at power up, The COBRA chip brings a highly- back Thales Computers' commitment to PBIT executes several simple checks of integrated single chip solution to control quality products and customer service. main board functions before launching the interrupts by providing up to 32 I/O Finally, in addition to its standard support debug monitor. device interrupts inputs and 4 inter- services, Thales Computers offers processor interrupts. IBIT can then be executed, on demand, by customized help to system integrators on a using the “auto” firmware command. IBIT Thales’ COBRA technology is also consultancy basis. executes a comprehensive suite of optimized for real-time applications and functional tests and leaves results in main offers: Miscellaneous DRAM of the board. These non-intrusive • Connection to PCI bus Rev. 2 • Board size: VME double Eurocard IBIT tests cover more than 95% of the (slave mode) (6U: 233.3 mm x 160 mm) boards's functional nodes. These test • ISA-like interface for serial ports, • Single VME slot results can be read back by the board's RTC, ... • Convection cooled version carries the operating system or can be collected by • Large non-volatile memory interface Ruggedizer but keeps the front panel I/O the rack supervision board. (NVRAM, Flash, ...) • Conduction cooled version is IEEE Software • Optimized message passing with four 1101.2-1992 compliant and is a single high density FIFOs BSP are available now for both VME slot solution. LynxOS and VxWorks RTOS. • General purpose I/Os • Electromagnetic compatibility: (four on VME P2) NF EN 55022 Class B Thales Computers provides the necessary NF EN 50082-2 • Four highly programmable 32-bit global real-time OS extensions on the VxG4a to timers facilitate development of high-end real- • All Thales boards are EC compliant. VxG4a Technical Features CPU MISCELLANEOUS Processor Two or four PowerPC 74X0 (G4) • 4 asynchronous RS-232 serial lines - Max: 115.2 Kb/s Clock Frequency 400 MHz and higher (no modem signals) MIPS 730 Mips and 1600 MFlop POWER REQUIREMENTS (maximum) @ 400 MHz per processor Dual Quad MEMORY +5V (+5%, -2.5%) 5 A 8 A Global Memory 128, 256, 512 MB on board + 3,3 V 5 A 5 A ECC Standard (requires 3.3 V supply from backplane) Cache Memory 2 MB per processor ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS (on dedicated bus) S / W RA RC Fast Inter-Processor Temperature range Memory 128 Mb on CPU bus Operating S: 0 to +55°C -40 to +75°C -40 to +85°C ROM Memory 512 KB + 1 MB System Flash Memory W: -20 to +65°C Up to 32 MB User Flash Storage -45 to +85°C -45 to +100°C -45 to +100°C VME INTERFACE Conformal Coating S: Opt. / W: Std Standard Standard • ALMA V64 VME/PCI bridge with semaphore registers Relative Humidity no condensation • A32/A24/A16 master / slave 90% 95 % 10 cycles 240 hours • D64 (MBLT) / D32 (BLT) / D16 / D08 master / slave Mechanical • 5-row connectors Vibration Sine 5-200 Hz 5-2000 Hz 5-2000 Hz PCI INTERFACE (PMC 1) 2g Peak 2.5g Peak 5g Peak • PCI Rev. 2 fully compliant (32 bits) Vibration 0.01 g2/Hz 10-40 Hz 0.04 g2 Hz 0.1 g2 Hz • 1 PMC slot Random 0.0007 g2/Hz 100-200 Hz with a flat response to 1,000 Hz • 33 MHz frequency 0.00005 g2/Hz 2000 Hz 6dB/Oct roll-off from 1Khz-2KHz • DMA Engine: DRAM <--> PCI Shock 10g Peak 16 ms 40g Peak 20 ms Half Sine Pulse Half Sine Pulse PCI INTERFACE (PMC 2) Bumps 40g Peak 6 ms, Half Sine Pulse • PCI Rev. 2 fully compliant (32/64 bits) 3 bumps/sec and 1,000 bumps • 1 PMC slot (up to 3 with carrier card) per direction • 33 or 66 MHz selectable PCI frequency Altitude -1000 to 70000 ft • DMA engine: DRAM <-> PCI VxG4a Connector Table VxG4a Order Codes Reference Front Panel Product Description Order Code Backplane (only S, W and RA class) Interface Dual processor 128 MB V2G4aSA1112 Dual processor 256 MB V2G4aSA1122 Serial Lines 4 lines on a single 1 serial line 9-pin micro SUBD Paddle Board Dual processor 512 MB V2G4aSA1132 (requires specific cable) P2 Quad processor 128 MB V4G4aSA1112 Quad processor 256 MB V4G4aSA1122 PCI Extension NA Via P0 Quad processor 512 MB V4G4aSA1132 Thales Computers , The Ruggedizer and PowerEngine are registered trademarks of Thales Computers S.A. PowerPC, IBM are registered trademarks of IBM Corp. LynxOS is a registered trademark of LynuxWorks, Inc. AltiVec is a registered trademark of Motorola, Inc. TORNADO and VxWorks are registered trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark licensed exclusively by X/Open Company Limited All other product names, trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders. 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