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News Release from: Sundance Multiprocessor Technology | Subject: SMT351, SMT-338-VP and SMT398-VP
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 February 2005
FPGA modules offer flexible signal
processing
A new family of small-form-factor embedded reconfigurable computing modules addresses the growing need for standards-based reconfigurable computing and signal processing systems.
New from Sundance, the SMT351, SMT-338-VP and SMT398-VP are a new family of small-form-factor embedded reconfigurable computing modules based on Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGAs that address the growing need for standards-based reconfigurable computing and signal processing systems Compatible with Sundance wide range of embedded modular systems, this new series of products leverages the power of Xilinx Virtex-II Pro as an embedded processor as well as Xilinx's RocketIO multigigabit serial transceivers as high-speed connections and inter-module communications
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 7 Oct 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Many of our customers' systems include specialised IP core that they have to design themselves".
"Rather than wasting their precious design resources on hardware development, this product line provides them with an integrated flexible system and hardware architecture which they can customise to meet their specifications", said Flemming Christensen, Managing Director of Sundance.
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"The Xilinx RocketIO transceivers offers the ultimate in programmable, fast intersystem communications, and the embedded IBM PowerPCT in Virtex-II Pro provides them with the general purpose processor which allows developers to focus strictly on applications and FPGA IP core issues".
Each of the three modules uses RocketIO as the main serial communication link in addition to other resources such as Sundance SHB high speed bus or LVDS for parallel connections.
The dataflows in and out of the modules are controlled by a Xilinx Virtex-II Pro and through user defined pins.
The memory module, SMT351, supports a throughput of up 400Mbyte/s and has 1Gbyte of DDR-SDRAM.
The SMT398 provides an integrated DSP communication platform with on-module high-speed QDR-SRAM between the Virtex-II Pro.
And the SMT338 is the main I/O module with it's own microcontroller, ADC/DAC and 120 pins of LVDS input/output through the Sundance LVDS bus.
"We are impressed by the way Sundance has used our latest RocketIO technologies to develop an effective and modular FPGA standard-based product line", said Per Holmberg, Director of Virtex Marketing at Xilinx.
"The interoperability of Sundance's module provided by the Xilinx RapidIO and high bandwidth programmable interfaces has allowed Sundance's to design compatible Virtex-based reconfigurable systems that leverage high-speed serial links and provide a solution to an increasing number of signal and image processing applications".
These highly integrated, compact, and reconfigurable modules can be cascaded with other compatible modules through Sundance high-speed bus or through RocketIO links, and create a larger, parallel and scalable embedded system.
"This Sundance new release further enhances the ability of their product line to address a variety of different and very demanding signal and image processing problems", said Pierre Popovic, President of Cadre Codesign.
"The interchangeability and flexibility that Sundance's reconfigurable computing system provides is key to our development environment".
The SMT351, SMT-338-VP and SMT398-VP are available for delivery, and their pricing starts at US $2995, $1985 and $6295, respectively.
Evaluation units and volume pricing are also available.
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