Personal Computer User Manual

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4Functional Description
Introduction
This chapter provides a functional description for the MVME5100 Single
Board Computer. The MVME5100 is a high-performance product
featuring Motorola’s PowerPlus II architecture with a choice of PowerPC
processors—either Motorola’s MPC7410 with AltiVec™ technology for
algorithmic intensive computations or the low-power MPC755 or
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
MPC755 @400 MHz Internal Clock Frequency
MPC750 @450 MHz Internal Clock Frequency
Bus Clock Frequency up to 100 MHz