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MVME51005E Single Board Computer Installation and Use (6806800A38B)
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Functional Description
Introduction
This chapter provides a functional description for the MVME5100 Single Board Computer. The
MVME5100 is a high-performance product featuring PowerPlus II architecture with a choice of
PowerPC processors—either the MPC7410 with AltiVec™ technology for algorithmic intensive
computations or the low-power MPC750.
The MVME5100 incorporates a highly optimized PCI interface and memory controller enabling
up to 582MB memory read bandwidth and 640MB burst write bandwidth.
The optimization of the memory bus is as important as optimization of the system bus in order
to achieve maximum system performance. The MVME5100’s advanced PowerPlus II
Architecture supports full PCI throughput of 264MB without starving the CPU of its memory.
Additional features of the MVME5100 include dual Ethernet ports, dual serial ports and up to
17MB of Flash.
Features Summary
The table below lists the general features for the MVME5100. Refer to
Appendix A,
Specifications
, for additional product specifications and information.
Table 4-1. MVME5100 General Features
Feature
Specification
Microprocessors and
Bus Clock Frequency
MPC7410 @400 or 500 MHz Internal Clock Frequency
MPC750 @450 MHz Internal Clock Frequency
Bus Clock Frequency up to 100 MHz
L2 Cache (Optional)
1MB (MPC750) or 2MB (MPC7410) using burst-mode
SRAM modules.
Memory
EEPROM, on-board programmable
1MB via two 32-pin PLCC/CLCC sockets;
16MB Surface Mount
Main Memory
(SDRAM)
PC100 ECC SDRAM with 100 MHz bus
32MB to 512MB on board, expandable to
1.5GB via RAM500 memory mezzanine
NVRAM
32KB (4KB available for users)
Memory Controller
Hawk System Memory Controller (SMC)
PCI Host Bridge
Hawk PCI Host Bridge (PHB)
Interrupt Controller
Hawk Multi-Processor Interrupt Controller (MPIC)
