This 12-core, 24-thread processor running at up to 1.8GHz is based on the e6500 core with AltiVec® technology and offers the cutting edge of both performance (up to 216 GFlops) and power efficiency. The Medusa VPX3424 is a 3U OpenVPX™ (VITA 65) Single Board Computer (SBC) featuring the all-new T4240 QorIQ® Processor from Freescale. With up to 12GB DDR3 RAM with ECC and a range of fast interconnects, it forms the beating heart of this new board, bringing you unparalleled performance.
Using the T4240’s built-in AltiVec® technology accelerators, cryptographic engine and high-speed serial interfaces, the VPX3424 is capable of processing data at record-breaking speeds for many common algorithms such as FFTs, image analysis, networking or wireless protocols. Further accelerators allow for extensive hardware-based parsing, scheduling (QoS) and queue management.
Features
OpenVPX™ 3U Single Board Computer (VITA 46, VITA 65)
Freescale® T4240 with 12 dual-threaded e6500 cores up to 1.8GHz (up to 216 GFlops)
Three clusters of 4 cores and 2MB cache per cluster
Each core has built-in AltiVec® technology accelerators
Highest SoC CoreMark™ score to date – 187,874 points (coremark.org)
Almost four times faster than the Freescale® P4080
QorIQ® Data Path Acceleration Architecture support
Advanced MMU capabilities for enhanced safety and reliability
Part of the Freescale® Product Longevity Program
Up to 12GB of DDR3 RAM
Three DDR3 controllers; 64-bit bus with ECC up to 1866MT/s (2133MT/s TBC)
Backed by 1.5MB of CoreNet™ Platform Cache
Non-volatile storage options:
2Mbit of FRAM
Up to 64GB eMMC
256MB Flash for programs
User-programmable FPGA
Can use up to 36 free pins on the OpenVPX™ User I/O
PCI Express x4 connection between CPU and FPGA
IFC connection between CPU and FPGA
Extensive on-board temperature, voltage and current monitoring and logging capabilities
Board Management Control on IPMC bus (VITA 46.11)
On-board Elapsed Time Indicator
Debug facilities through AURORA and JTAG on-board connector
Interfaces (available with use of RTM):
IPMC bus
Software configurable data plane:
2x PCIe x4 or 1x PCIe x8 or 1x PCIe x4 and 1x Serial RapidIO® x4
Control plane: up to four Gigabit Ethernet links (1000BASE-T or 1000BASE-KX)
Four 10GBit Ethernet (10GBase-KR)
Two SATA 2.0 ports
Two USB 2.0 ports
SerDes x4 lanes
Software configurable: two UARTs or one UARTs with RTS/CTS
CAN ports, FPGA IP using GPIO pins
Air-cooled and conduction cooled ruggedized REDI (VITA 48) variants available
Operation temperature of components for the REDI compliant board, conduction cooled, is at least -40..+85o Celsius. The air cooled board may have different operation temperature range components.
Optional conformal coating.
This 12-core, 24-thread processor running at up to 1.8GHz is based on the e6500 core with AltiVec® technology and offers the cutting edge of both performance (up to 216 GFlops) and power efficiency. The Medusa VPX3424 is a 3U OpenVPX™ (VITA 65) Single Board Computer (SBC) featuring the all-new T4240 QorIQ® Processor from Freescale. With up to 12GB DDR3 RAM with ECC and a range of fast interconnects, it forms the beating heart of this new board, bringing you unparalleled performance.
Using the T4240’s built-in AltiVec® technology accelerators, cryptographic engine and high-speed serial interfaces, the VPX3424 is capable of processing data at record-breaking speeds for many common algorithms such as FFTs, image analysis, networking or wireless protocols. Further accelerators allow for extensive hardware-based parsing, scheduling (QoS) and queue management.
Features
- OpenVPX™ 3U Single Board Computer (VITA 46, VITA 65)
- Freescale® T4240 with 12 dual-threaded e6500 cores up to 1.8GHz (up to 216 GFlops)
- Three clusters of 4 cores and 2MB cache per cluster
- Each core has built-in AltiVec® technology accelerators
- Highest SoC CoreMark™ score to date – 187,874 points (coremark.org)
- Almost four times faster than the Freescale® P4080
- QorIQ® Data Path Acceleration Architecture support
- Advanced MMU capabilities for enhanced safety and reliability
- Part of the Freescale® Product Longevity Program
- Up to 12GB of DDR3 RAM
- Three DDR3 controllers; 64-bit bus with ECC up to 1866MT/s (2133MT/s TBC)
- Backed by 1.5MB of CoreNet™ Platform Cache
- Non-volatile storage options:
- 2Mbit of FRAM
- Up to 64GB eMMC
- 256MB Flash for programs
- User-programmable FPGA
- Can use up to 36 free pins on the OpenVPX™ User I/O
- PCI Express x4 connection between CPU and FPGA
- IFC connection between CPU and FPGA
- Extensive on-board temperature, voltage and current monitoring and logging capabilities
- Board Management Control on IPMC bus (VITA 46.11)
- On-board Elapsed Time Indicator
- Debug facilities through AURORA and JTAG on-board connector
- Interfaces (available with use of RTM):
- IPMC bus
- Software configurable data plane:
- 2x PCIe x4 or 1x PCIe x8 or 1x PCIe x4 and 1x Serial RapidIO® x4
- Control plane: up to four Gigabit Ethernet links (1000BASE-T or 1000BASE-KX)
- Four 10GBit Ethernet (10GBase-KR)
- Two SATA 2.0 ports
- Two USB 2.0 ports
- SerDes x4 lanes
- Software configurable: two UARTs or one UARTs with RTS/CTS
- CAN ports, FPGA IP using GPIO pins
- Air-cooled and conduction cooled ruggedized REDI (VITA 48) variants available
- Operation temperature of components for the REDI compliant board, conduction cooled, is at least -40..+85o Celsius. The air cooled board may have different operation temperature range components.
- Optional conformal coating.