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Embedded Parallel Architectures
ByRichard A. Goodrum
24 March 2005
Introduction
● Hardware● Operating System
Hardware
● DNA Computing Solutions– VQG4– Eagle
● Spectrum Signal– PRO1900/1901 with Multiple ePMC-PPCs
DNA-CS VQG4
Memory and Bus Controller
PPC
Level 2 Cache
PPC
Level 2 Cache
Memory Unit
PPC
Level 2 Cache
PPC
Level 2 Cache
PPC Bus
Peripheral Busses (PCI - 2)
Serial Ports VME Bus Other I/O Other I/O ...
PRO1900 with Multiple ePMC-PPCs
Memory and Bus Controller
ePMC-PPCePMC-PPC
Memory Unit
ePMC-PPC ePMC-PPCPP
C B
us
Peri
pher
al B
us (
PCI)
Serial Ports VME Bus Other I/O Other I/O ...
PPC
High Bandwidth Data Link
ePMC-PPC
Memory and Bus Controller Memory Unit
PPC
PPC Bus
Peripheral Bus (PCI) to Mainboard PCI Bus
PPCLevel 2 Cache Level 2 Cache
High Bandwidth Data Link
DNA-CS Eagle
PPCLevel 2 Cache PPC Level 2 Cache
MemoryUnit
MemoryUnit
MemoryUnit
MemoryUnit
FPGA FPGA
Ping-PongMemory
Controller
Ping-PongMemory
Controller
Data FlowController
Operating System
● Non Real-Time OS– Unix– Linux
● Real-Time OS– VxWorks (uniprocessor)– RT Linux (multiprocessor)– LynxOS (uniprocessor)– MC/OS (multiprocessor)
VxWorks View of Memory
● One Private Region per PPC● One Unmanaged Shared Region per board ● One Managed Shared Region per boardset
Photos
DNA-CS VQG4
DNA-CS Eagle
Spectrum Signal Processing
PRO-1900 Intelligent ePMC Carrier Board
Spectrum Signal Processing
ePMC-PPC Single or Dual G4 MPC7410 PowerPC™ Processing Module
Spectrum Signal Processing
ePMC-FPGA Multi-Purpose I/O Processing Engine
Spectrum Signal Processing
Board Configuration
Acknowledgements
● Technical Details and Photos of VQG4 and Eagle provided by:– DNA Computing Solutions
● www.dna-cs.com
● Technical Details and Photos of PRO-1900, ePMC-PPC, and ePMC-FPGA provided by:– Spectrum Signal Processing
● www.spectrumsignal.com
