Data Sheet

GE
Intelligent Platforms
Features
• Power Architecture
®
8641D (dual cores)
• Freescale8640/8640Dready
• Upto4GbytesDDR2SDRAM
• Upto1GbyteuserFlashmemory
• TwoPMC/XMCSites
- PCI-X133Mhz
- 8-lanePCIExpress
- I/OtoP2/P0
• AFIX(AdditionalFlexibleInterfaceXtension)
siteforplug-onAFIXmodules
• VME(2eSSTcapable)
• TwoUSB2.0ports
• TwoSerialATAPorts
• TwoGigabitEthernetports
• Sixserialports
• Air-andconductioncooledversions
• ComprehensiveDeployedTestsoftware
• FullysupportedbyAXISintegratedtools
andlibraries
• Comprehensiveoperatingsystemsupport
ThePPC9Aisthelatestmemberofthe
PowerXtremefamilyof6UVMEsingleboard
computerstargetedatsomeofthemost
demandingapplicationsinembedded
computing.Bypreservingthesamehardware
andsoftwareinterfacesasprevious
PowerXtremefamilymembers,thePPC9A
providesanidealopportunityforstateofthe
arttechnologyinsertionintobothupgrade
programsandnewplatformsalike.
ThePPC9A’sprocessornodefeatures
Freescale’slatest8641Ddualcoreintegrated
processorsupportedbyupto4Gbytes
DDR2SDRAMand1GbyteFlashmemory.
Theprocessornodeiscoupledtoan
extensivePCIExpressarchitecture,offering
significantlyhigherdatabandwidththan
previouslypossible–makingthePPC9Athe
mostperformantPowerXtremesingleboard
computerever.
Inadditiontoleadingedgerawcompute
performance,thePPC9Aalsofeatures
impressiveI/OflexibilitywithtwoPMC/XMC
sitesandanAFIXsiteforplug-onsystem
expansion.TheAFIXsitenotonlyallows
accesstothecurrentrangeofstandardAFIX
PPC9A
6UVMESingleBoardComputer
modules(graphics,SCSI,1553,digitalI/O,
Flashmemory)butalsoofferstheoppor-
tunitytoaddcustomer-specificfeaturesat
minimumcostandintheshortesttimescales.
ThePPC9Aprovidesanumberofhighspeed
interfacesforoff-boardcommunication,
includingtwoGigabitEthernetports,two
USB2.0portsandaSerialATAdiskinterface.
Inaddition,thereissupportforlegacy
interfaces,includingsixserialports,and
sixteengeneralpurposeI/Olines.
Availableinfiveair-andconductioncooled
buildlevels,thePPC9Aisfullysupported
bycomprehensiveDeployedTestSoftware
(BITandBCS)andOSsupportforVxWorks
®
,
VxMILS,LynxOS
®
,OpenSourceLinux
®
,with
supportforIntegrityplanned.
ThePPC9AisalsosupportedbyAXIS
(AdvancedMultiprocessorIntegrated
Software),aperformance-optimizedsoftware
environmentdesignedtoacceleratethe
developmentandproductiondeployment
ofcomplexprocessingapplications.AXIS
integratedtoolsandlibrariesinclude
AXISFlow,AXISviewandAXISLib.