PowerPC board aims for industrial number crunching
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Kontron UK product story
Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team
Aug 2, 2002
The Kontron VMP2 is a VME processor board based on Motorola's MPC8245 PowerPC microprocessor.
The Kontron VMP2 is a VME processor board based on Motorola's MPC8245 PowerPC microprocessor.
The new VMP2, intended for number-crunching applications in space-limited industrial environments, features the MPC8245 Kahlua II, a highly integrated microprocessor with a PowerPC MPC603e core, operating at 330MHz.
The new 3U board delivers 450MIPS of performance (Dhrystone 2.1) while drawing only an average 5.8W of power.
To support its data-intensive capabilities, the VMP2 incorporates direct soldered 64bit, 133MHz SDRAM (up to 256Mbyte) featuring a selectable inline ECC controller, providing single bit error correct or double bit error detect.
A dual channel programmable DMA controller provides a range of mass data transmission options (PCI to memory, memory to PCI, memory to memory, PCI to PCI).
The new board, a high-performance addition to the line of space-saving 3U VME CPUs offered by Kontron, features a PCI expansion interface accommodating up to two stackable expansion modules, providing one/two PMC slots in an 8HP/12HP format.
The VMP2 is designed for connectivity, with a 10/100Mbit/s Fast Ethernet controller, one full modem RS232 serial port, and one configurable RS232/485 port with optional optoisolation.
The new board features an OS-independent universal boot loader enabling fast, automated loading of any operating system from flash memory (direct soldered, up to 8Mbyte).
Support is provided for VxWorks and OS-9.
The VMP2 is available in an extended temperature version (-40 to +85C), with pricing starting at $2112.
Delivery is 6-8 weeks ARO.
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