members of Alacron's family of high performance computing subsystems based on Analog Devices' ADSP-2106x SHARC (Super Harvard Architecture Computer) processor. The FT- 2106x-PCI incorporates an array of up to eight SHARC processors and a unique architecture resulting in a low power, low cost, high performance compute accelerator. GFLOP performance is now available on a single board.
Alacron's FT-2106x-PCI delivers high levels of performance for Alacron's FT-2106x-PCI computing subsystems use an imaging, graphics, simulation, DSP, document processing and innovative dual-ported memory interface between the control pattern recognition applications. The FT-2106x-PCI is ideal for processor and a bank of Analog Devices ADSP-2106x adding scalable compute capability to existing systems, or for processors to minimize the impact of data movement on developing new systems from the ground up. processing by both the SHARCs and the host. In the SIMD mode, Alacron's application libraries distribute problems over Features several processors. All SHARC processors can access their private RAM banks at 80 MB/sec simultaneously. In MIMD Ø 1, 2, 4, or 8 SHARC processor array processing mode, tasks are distributed to individual SHARC Ø Intel i960 control processor processors with Alacron's RT Operating Environment controlling Ø 960 MFLOPS peak performance multiple threads. Ø 640 MFLOPS sustained Ø 160 MB/sec peak local memory I/O Performance Ø Dedicated dual ported RAM The FT-2106x series offers excellent performance of compute Ø Up to 128 MB global RAM intensive algorithms. Representative performance measurement Ø FastTrack® connection to I/O and processor daughter-cards for specific SIMD algorithms from Alacron's libraries are shown. Ø PCI master/slave/DMA interface, 132 MB/sec (peak) Number of 1DCFFT 2DCFFT CONV3 CONV5 ADSP- (1K) (msec) (1Kx1K) (512x512) (512x512) ADSP-2106x SHARC Processor Array 2106x (msec) (msec) (msec) 1 0.457 1045 72 205 The FT-2106x employs a buffered DMA local memory 2 0.260 527 36 103 architecture which allows up to 8 processors in the SHARC array 4 0.130 272 18 52 to run at "full throttle." Each SHARC processor has 1 MB of 8 0.072 138 9 23.5 16 0.046 74 4.5 11.8 private dual-ported DRAM, and the SHARC array is isolated from the system bus by a 160 MB/sec DMA engine. The SHARC array *16 SHARC performance is obtained by using one, eight-processor FT- is thus shielded from the impact of bus traffic and data 2106x-PCI or FT-2106x-VME board -- along with one, eight-processor movement. A separate Intel i960 control processor provides FT-2106x-DC daughter-card. Alacron's FT-2106x bus boards can support operating system functions, services interrupts, and controls bus several FT-2106x-DC daughter-cards for multiple GFLOP-per-slot performance. traffic and data I/O, off-loading the SHARC array for data processing functions.
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9905 SHARC®- based Processor Boards FT-2106x-PCI Multiprocessor Board
Specifications Each ADSP-2106x SHARC processor Software Support
provides: Multiprocessors Processing Environments • 40 MIPS Alacron's RT operating environment provides Processor ................ Analog Devices ADSP- • 120 MFLOPS (A+B, A-B) 2106x several processing models. Applications can • 48/32 bit data bus run as simple attached processes on the FT- Number of ............... 1, 2, 4, 8 ADSP-2106x • 1, 2, or 4 MBit on chip SRAM 2106x and as stand alone tasks on the host, Clock Speed ............ 40 MHz • DMA controller or interactively, with separate tasks on the Global DRAM .......... 2 to 256 MBs • 2 serial ports (40 MBits/sec) host and on the FT-2106x. Alacron's RT Dual Ported ............. 1 MB/processor DRAM • 6 link ports (240 MB/sec) supports MS/ DOS, Windows 3.1, 95/98, NT, External I/O ............. 240 MB/sec peak Solaris/Unix, LynxOS, and VxWorks. • SIMD and MIMD operation 160 MB/sec sustained • Concurrent DMA and computation Link Ports ................ Six per ADSP-21060/2 Software Libraries Link Port .................. (2) Software selectable Alacron's FT-2106x computing subsystems PCI Interface Topology.................. (4) Static are supported by an extensive suite of Bus Specification.....32-bit PCI format application specific libraries for image Data Bus ................. 128 bit internal 32/48 bit external Control Registers.....I/O mapped processing, DSP and graphics applications:
Cache...................... 32 x 48 Global Memory.........Memory mapped • Vector Numerical Library (VLIB)
240 MB/sec Daughter Card Interface • Parallel Application Developer’s Toolset External ports (4) (PARTOOL/PARLIB) Serial ports (4) Interface...................FastTrack bus Link ports (2, 4 shared) Development Tools Precision ................. IEEE floating point Electrical and Environmental 32/40 bit precision A full suite of ANSI development tools for Power.......................+5 volts at 5A the C language is available. Compilers On Chip SRAM ....... 4 Mbits ADSP-21060 Dimensions..............107 mm x 312 mm x 2 Mbits ADSP-21062 1 support general purpose and numerically 12.06 mm Mbits ADSP-21061 intensive applications. Both a JTAG and Operating Temp.......0–50 degrees centigrade software GUI based debugger and Relative Humidity .....95% noncondensing profiler are available.
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