Universe II
The Interconnect of Choice
for Latest Generation PCI-to-VME
Bridging
Design Challenges,
Tundra Answers
With demand and competition in global
communications markets increasing,
infrastructure vendors are racing to provide ever-
greater, well-managed bandwidth.
As a systems designer, you know that to achieve
these cost and performance advantages, you need
off-the-shelf, standards-based, latest-generation
technology. This includes System Interconnect.
Tundra Semiconductor Corporation is the leader
in System Interconnect. Our products deliver the
interface and throughput features you need to
lead markets and build the networks
of tomorrow.
The Tundra Universe II is the industry's leading high performance 64-bit VMEbus to
PCI interconnect. Universe II is fully compliant with the VME64 bus standard, and
tailored for the next-generation of advanced PCI processors and peripherals. With a
zero-wait state implementation, multi-beat transactions, and support for bus-parking,
Universe II provides high performance on the PCI bus. Designers can conserve board
space by using the Universe II DBGA (25mmx25mm 361-contact dimpled ceramic
BGA) package. The device is also available in the standard 35mmx35mm 313-contact
plastic BGA package.
The Universe II eases development of multi-master, multi-processor architectures on
VMEbus/PCI systems. The device is ideally suited for CPU boards functioning as
both master and slave in the VMEbus system, and that require access to PCI systems.
Bridging is accomplished through a decoupled architecture with independent FIFOs
for inbound, outbound, and DMA traffic. With this architecture, throughput is
maximized without sacrificing bandwidth on either bus.
On the VME side, a rich set of features
ensures that the device fits within a wide
range of applications. A full suite of
addressing and data modes is
implemented, including BLT and MBLT
support. In addition, a fully featured
system controller, interrupter, interrupt
handler, and Linked-List DMA make
Universe II a very flexible System
Interconnect device. Other key Universe II
features include location monitors,
mailboxes, and semaphores.
With the Universe II, you know that as
your system becomes more complex, you
have proven silicon that continues to
provide everything you need in a
PCI-to-VME bridge.
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Universe II PBGA