MVME6100 Series VMEbus Single-Board Computer

The MVME6100 is the first

VMEbus SBC designed with

the Tundra Tsi148 VMEbus

interface chip

2eSST VMEbus protocol with

320MB/s transfer rate across

the VMEbus

® processor

MPC7457 PowerPC

running at up to 1.267 GHz

128-bit AltiVec coprocessor for

parallel processing, ideal for

data-intensive applications

Up to 2GB of on-board DDR

ECC memory and 128MB of

lash memory for demanding

applications

Two 33/66/100 MHz PMC-X

sites allow the addition of

industry-standard, application

specific modules

Dual Gigabit Ethernet interfaces

for high performance networking

The MVME6100 series from Emerson Network Power is the first VMEbus single

board computer (SBC) designed with the Tundra Tsi148 VMEbus interface chip offering

two edge source synchronous transfer (2eSST) VMEbus performance. The 2eSST

protocol enables the VMEbus to run at a practical bandwidth of 320MB/s in most

cases. The MVME6100 is designed to meet the needs of OEMs servicing the defense

and aerospace, industrial automation and medical imaging market segments.

The MVME6100 series provides more than just faster VMEbus transfer rates; it

provides balanced performance from the processor, memory subsystem, local

buses and I/O subsystems. Customers looking for a technology refresh for their

application, while maintaining backwards compatibility with their existing VMEbus

infrastructure, can upgrade to the MVME6100 series and take advantage of its

enhanced performance features.

The promise of the VME Renaissance is innovation, performance and investment

protection. The MVME6100 series from Emerson delivers on this promise. The

innovative design of the MVME6100 provides a high performance platform that

allows customers to leverage their investment in their VME infrastructure.

The MVME6100 series supports booting a variety of operating systems including

a complete range of real-time operating systems and kernels. A VxWorks board

support package and Linux support are available for the MVME6100 series.

Overview

VMEBuS 2ESST PErforManCE

The 2eSST protocol has existed for some time (the draft

standard for trial use was published in 1999 and released

as an ANSI standard in 2003), but until now, 2eSST

boards would not work in a standard VMEbus backplane

because the existing VMEbus transceivers could not

support the required VMEbus 2eSST signaling speeds.

Texas Instruments developed new VMEbus transceiv

ers that support the VMEbus signal switching speeds

required by the 2eSST protocol. The combination of

the new Texas Instruments VMEbus transceivers and

the Tsi148 VMEbus legacy protocol support allows

customers to integrate the MVME6100 series into their

existing infrastructure providing backward compatibility

and thereby preserving their investment in existing

VMEbus boards, backplanes, chassis and software.

BalanCEd PErforManCE

The MVME6100 series provides more than just faster

VMEbus transfer rates; it provides balanced performance

from the processor, memory subsystem, local buses

and I/O subsystems. The processor, running  at speeds

of 1.267 GHz,  is ideal for data-intensive applications.

The state-of-the-art host bridge, with support for a

133 MHz host bus and a 133 MHz DDR memory bus, is

well matched to the processor. To ensure that the

MVME6100 series can handle the 320MB/s data rates

of 2eSST, the Tsi148 VMEbus interface chip is connected

to one of the 133 MHz PCI-X buses on the host bridge.

The second PCI-X bus has dual PMC-X sites—each site

supports PMC or PMC-X cards supporting PCI bus

speeds from 33 to 100 MHz. The MVME6100 also

offers dual Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. All of this adds

up to a set of well-balanced, high-performance

subsystems for unparalleled performance.

Application Benefits

dEfEnSE and aEroSPaCE

In the defense and aerospace market segment, the

MVME6100 series is well suited for command and

control applications that utilize commercial grade

products such as naval sheltered systems, stationary

ground systems, and reconnaissance aircraft systems.

The MVME6100 series helps to provide more performance

for these applications than previous VME solutions

have been able to supply by using the 1.267 GHz

processor. This combined with dual PCI-X buses

capable of 100 MHz speed for PMC modules and an 8x

increase in the VME bandwidth eliminates many of the

bottlenecks faced by command and control solutions

today. These applications can now take advantage of

the latest PowerPC processors in a dense computing

configuration without the difficulties of trying to cool

multiprocessor boards and managing I/O and VME

bottlenecks. With the addition of Emerson’s processor

PMCs (PrPMCs), additional PowerPC architecture

compatible processors can be added for a multiprocessor

solution without sacrificing any of the MVME6100

series benefits.

InduSTrIal auToMaTIon

The MVME6100 is also ideally suited for semiconductor

process equipment (SPE), automated test equipment

(ATE) and a variety of other high-end industrial

automation applications because of its increased bus

bandwidth and faster processing speeds. The backwards

compatibility of the MVME6100 series with existing

VME products helps to provide OEMs a way to extend

the life and capability of their current designs without

sacrificing existing key hardware and software