phase 5 CYBERSTORM MKIII, User Manual

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CHAPTER 1
WHICH ARE THE SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE CYBERSTORM
MKIII?
Among many powerful details, the CYBERSTORM MKIII offers the following features that make it
a high-end accelerator solution for the Amiga:
Very high sustained memory performance of the PowerPC and the 68k processor
The CYBERSTORM MKIII offers a very fast sustained memory transfer (up to 68MByte/sec) and
is therefore perfectly suited for applications which have to deal with large amounts of data. As the
memory design of the CYBERSTORM MKIII is already 50% faster than the memory design of the
CYBERSTORM MKII, it's performance in real world applications can be up to 25% higher (mea-
sured with a Lightwave 4.0 test rendering).
A powerful Ultra Wide SCSI controller is integrated on-board
The integrated on-board Ultra Wide SCSI controller with a maximum transfer rate of 40 MByte/sec
on the SCSI bus offers enormous performance reserves with todays fast storage media, especial-
ly the fast harddrives which are available for desktop systems. Applications which are depending
on fast access to largest amounts of data can therefore be accelerated significantly. The SCSI con-
troller which is based on the Symbios 53C770 SCSI Sript Processor operates as a DMA busma-
ster device. A standard 68pin Wide SCSI connector is available for the connection of SCSI devi-
ces.
Fast add-on slot
A fast add-on slot, implemented on a high quality connector, is available for expansions. A product
which will be available in the fourth quarter of 1997 for this expansion bus is the CyberVisionPPC,
a high-performance graphics card which is based on the powerful
Permedia2 3D graphics chip. This expansion product will significantly increase the performance of
all graphics-related applications, especially those which use the CyberGL 3D library for complex
3D applications.
Other features of the CYBERSTORM MKIII:
– CPU card design which fits into the A3000(T), the A4000(T) and systems with compatible pro-
cessor slot and mechanical dimensions
– Upgradable with up to 128 MByte of 64-bit wide Fast-RAM, fully autoconfigurating
– Startup software in a flashrom which can be updated on demand by software
– Fully automatically, jumperless configuration
– High quality manufacturing and components, made in Germany
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