Emerson MVME5500 Series VMEbus Single-Board Computer

The MVME5500 is the flagship of our VME product line that enables

higher levels of performance in a single VMEbus slot

• MPC7457 PowerPC ® processor at 1 GHz

• 512KB of on-chip L2 cache and 2MB of L3 cache

• AltiVec coprocessor for high performance computational applications

• Two banks of soldered flash memory (32MB and 8MB)

•  Dual independent 64-bit PCI buses and PMC sites with a bus speed of up to 66 MHz

•  Gigabit Ethernet interface plus an additional 10/100BaseTX Ethernet interface

•  64-bit PCI expansion mezzanine connector allowing up to four more PMCs

•  I/O compatibility with MVME51xx family

•  Support for processor PMCs (PrPMCs)

The Emerson Network Power MVME5500 series is designed to meet the needs of

OEMs including those in defense and aerospace, industrial automation and medical

imaging market segments. Customers looking for a technology refresh for their

application while maintaining backward compatibility with their existing VMEbus

infrastructure can upgrade to the MVME5500 series and take advantage of the

enhanced performance features.

The MVME5500 utilizes the MPC7457 processor running at 1 GHz, which is ideal for

data intensive applications. The MVME5500 provides more than just better processor

performance; it also provides balanced performance from the processor, memory,

dual independent local buses and I/O subsystems.

The powerful Marvell system controller, with support for a 133 MHz host bus and

a 133 MHz SDRAM memory bus, is well matched to the high speed processor. To

match the system I/O to the outstanding processor performance, the MVME5500

provides dual 64-bit, 33/66 MHz PCI buses. Each PCI bus has a PMC site supporting

cards running at 33 or 66 MHz. The Universe II VME interface and PMCspan connec

tor are isolated from the PMC sites on a dedicated 33 MHz PCI bus segment so that

both PMC sites are capable of 66 MHz operation.

The MVME5500 also offers a Gigabit Ethernet interface, a 10/100BaseTX Ethernet

interface and two serial ports. All of this adds up to a set of well-balanced,

high-performance subsystems for unparalleled performance.