6U VPX-REDI Quad-Core PowerPC Multi-Processing Engine with Serial RapidIO

Features:

• Dual Freescale MPC8641D Processors with support for 1.0, 1.33 and 1.5GHz clock rate
• Dual PMC/XMC Mezzanine sites with support for PCIe x8, PCI/PCI-X & Serial RapidIO x4
• Up to 1GB of DDR2 memory per core, or 4GB of memory per board
• Full Serial RapidIO fabric connectivity
• Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA System Control Node for chassis management

The MPE730 is a VPX-REDI quad-core processing board with dual mezzanine sites and on-board Serial RapidIO^® fabric connectivity. Utilizing dual Freescale Power Architecture^TM MPC8641Ds, the four cores provide significant processing power while still meeting rugged, extended temperature convection and conduction-cooled requirements. Combining this processing power with the flexibility of dual PMC/XMC sites and the Serial RapidIO fabric enables powerful subsystems to be deployed and customized for a variety of applications. The MPE730 was designed for demanding, deployed multi-core applications such as radar, sensor, and signal processing.

This COTS product utilizes powerful processing and high-speed interconnect technology. The MPE730 supports two single or dual core 1.0/1.33/1.5GHz Freescale MPC8641D processors for up to four PowerPC processors with up to 1 GB of DDR2 memory per processor core for a total of up to 4 Gbytes of memory. The board incorporates PCI Express and Serial RapidIO switches for on-board interconnects as well as backplane communication with support for Serial RapidIO on the P1 fabric connector and a single x8 or dual x4 PCI Express (PCIe) connection(s) to the P3 connector, providing for multi-processing systems and expansion I/O.

To meet a wide range of application needs, there are two XMC/PMC sites on the MPE730. Each site supports PCI/PCI-X up to 64-bit 133MHz, PCIe x4/x8, and Serial RapidIO x4. Each XMC/PMC site also supports VITA 46.9 I/O connections through the Jn4/6 connectors, providing maximum I/O density and flexibility in a 6U form factor.

Additionally, commonly required IO is provided. The MPE730 supports two front-panel Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) ports and two GigE ports to the backplane. There is also onboard RS-232/422 support. To provide interoperability with legacy VME boards, the board includes a VME 2eSST interface.

For system control and chassis management, the board utilizes a Xilinx^® Virtex^®5 LX FPGA known as the System Control Node (SCN) that controls power and temperature monitoring, bit stream encryption, and routing of I/O.

The MPE730 is based on the VPX (VITA 46) and VPX-REDI (VITA 48) standards. The key advantages of VPX-REDI are the amount of bandwidth for board-to-board communication, the large number of high-speed user defined rear I/O, and the environmental enhancements that REDI provides. VPX boards can be used alongside VXS and VME64 boards using suitable backplanes to leverage existing proven technology.

VxWorks and Linux support is provided on the MPE730. To support programs from development through to deployment, the MPE730 is available in a number of environmental build options ranging from air-cooled commercial to rugged conduction-cooled.