When is enough DSP power enough?

A Sundance Multiprocessor Technology product story

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Sep 25, 2006

Prototyping modules pack extreme DSP processing-power density and are designed to deliver performance like Ferraris on steroids.

The new SMT348 and SMT368 from DSP expert Sundance Multiprocessor Technology pack extreme DSP processing-power density and are designed to deliver performance like Ferraris on steroids.

Based on the Xilinx Virtex4 range, the SMT348 features 16Mbyte of blistering fast QDRII memory; ensuring ample capacity to develop today's demanding applications.

With 8Mbyte of ZBTRAM, the lower cost SMT368 is also more than capable of reducing prototype development times.

Besides raw speed, both the SMT348 and SMT368 are scalable and future-proof.

They include SHB interfaces and the SLB (Sundance LVDS bus) interface.

These provide quick and easy connection to Sundance's rapid ADC and DAC modules, such as the SMT390 (capable of 210Msample/s) and the SMT391 (capable of 1Gsample/s), for data acquisition or software radio systems.

Also, they are both in the Sundance TIM-compatible form-factor.

This ensures they integrate easily with a large range of other DSP and FPGA modules.

Not just impressive stats, importantly, this all adds up to a tremendously quick platform for developers of multicarrier/multistandard cellular systems, high direct-IF infrastructures and RF test equipment applications.

Also SDR development teams, scientists, satellite, radar, WiMAX, 3G and other RF system developers, researchers, aerospace engineers and Matlab modellers, will all appreciate the capability and return on investment promised by such a rapid prototyping tool.

DSP System Analyst with Sundance, Sebastien Maury, explained: "The introduction of the SMT348 and SMT368 means Sundance can offer rapid prototype development teams more than 250 possible combinations of COTS DSP, FPGA and TIM boards to meet their constantly changing needs".

The SMT348 and SMT368 are fully compliant with the RoHS Directive.

The modules are built on Sundance's in-house vapour-phase production process.

Sundance's QA Manager, Ann Rosenhagen, commented: "From my time at the London School of Economics, I have always been interested in the impact of products on the environment".

"It is great to work with a company that takes the issue seriously and is taking a lead to reduce harmful waste".