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News Release from: Emerson Network Power Embedded Computing | Subject: Pm8540
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 11 October 2005
Mezzanine card expands protocol
processing
The Pm8540 is a ProcessorPMC protocol and packet processing engine for telecomms infrastructure applications.
Available now from Artesyn Communication Products, the Pm8540 is a ProcessorPMC protocol and packet processing engine for telecomms infrastructure applications Based on the MPC8540 PowerQUICC III communications processor from Freescale Semiconductor, the Pm8540 gives telecomms OEMs a simple way to add protocol processing and system management capability to telecomms systems equipped with PMC or PTMC (PCI Telephony Mezzanine Card) expansion slots, including Artesyn's own Katana AdvancedTCA and PICMG 2.16 blades
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 Jan 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Pm8540 features two Gigabit 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet ports, which are routed to the PMC connector, and one 10/100BaseTX Ethernet port, which is routed to the module's front bezel.
The Pm8540 also features up to 512Mbyte of SDRAM, 32Mbyte of Flash memory, an I2C bus system management controller, and a four-channel DMA controller, which boosts overall performance by facilitating high-speed data movement between module resources without CPU intervention.
Freescale's MPC8540 PowerQUICC III processor provides the compute and protocol acceleration engine for the Pm8540.
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Flexible interfacing for telecomms blade
The Katana 750v CompactPCI packet switching backplane telecomms blade is based on IBM's PowerPC 750FX processor.
Mezzanine card boosts telecomms processing power
A new PowerPC-based PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) adds processing power to telecomms infrastructure applications.
The MPC8540's PowerPC e500 core delivers a peak performance of 2310MIPS at 1GHz.
The MPC8540 also features 256Kbyte of L2 cache, a DDR SDRAM memory controller, two Gigabit 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet controllers, a 10/100 Ethernet controller, a 64bit PCI/PCI-X controller operating at speeds of up to 133MHz, a parallel RapidIO controller, and the Ocean nonblocking crossbar switch fabric.
"The Pm8540's versatile, high-performance PowerQUICC III processor, Gigabit Ethernet packet interface, and convenient PrPMC form factor make it an excellent packet and protocol processing engine", said Todd Wynia, Vice President of Marketing at Artesyn.
"The Pm8540's high-performance, low-power architecture makes it ideal for adding protocol processing, signalling, and OA and M functionality to a wide range of telecomms systems, including media gateways, softswitches, signalling gateways and basestation controllers".
"Artesyn has been a pioneer in developing open architecture solutions for the industry-leading PowerQUICC family", said Lynelle McKay, Vice President and General Manager of Freescale Semiconductor's Digital Systems Division.
"Artesyn's open architecture blades and modules provide an excellent platform for developing and deploying PowerQUICC III communications processor-based network infrastructure applications".
The Pm8540's mezzanine interface complies with IEEE1386.1 (PMC), and provides a subset of the PICMG 2.15 PTMC Configuration 2 features.
The Pm8540 operates from a 3.3 or 5V DC power supply, consumes 11.5W typical, and operates over a 0-55C temperature range.
The Pm8540 complies with all major safety, EMC, environmental, and quality standards, including FCC Part 15, ICES-003 (Canada), IEC/UL/CSA 60950, EN55022 and RoHS/WEEE.
Software support for the Pm8540 includes Carrier Grade Linux.
The Pm8540 sells in OEM quantity for $759.
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