DSP220

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The DSP220 is a 6U VXS (VITA 41.2) quad 8641/8641D multicomputer. Featuring four single- or dual core Freescale™ PowerPC® 8641 system-on-chip nodes and a VITA 42.2-compliant XMC slot, the DSP220 is available in six ruggedization levels including air-, spray- and conduction-cooled for extended temperature operation as well as resistance to shock and vibration.

Designed for a broad range of applications such as land-mobile, airborne fixed- and rotary wing, and naval surface- and underwater platforms that require high performance COTS multiprocessors, and providing the optimum platform for GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms’ AXIS (Advanced Multiprocessor Integrated Software) environment, DSP220-based solutions can be scaled up to eighty 8641 nodes per chassis for the most demanding environments.

The DSP220 derives its high performance from a number of key features. Each PowerPC e600 core is clocked at 1 GHz, and each 8641 node supports two banks of DDR2 SDRAM with 256 MBytes per bank, 2 Gigabytes total per card, as standard. Up to 8 GBytes SDRAM per board is optionally available. PowerPC AltiVec™ support for advanced vector and floating point operations is provided by each processor core. The multi fabric data plane interfaces include Tundra Serial RapidIO to all 8641 nodes, XMC site and the system backplane along with two Gigabit Ethernet ports to all nodes and off board for optimum system throughput. System management and additional data movement options are supported over the VME64 2eSST interface.

  • Four Freescale MPC8641D processors
  • Freescale 8640/8640D ready
  • Eight banks DDR2 SDRAM, up to 8 GBytes total
  • Tundra Serial RapidIO fabric to all nodes
  • Eight serial ports
  • One XMC site with sRIO support
  • VME 2eSST interface
  • Node management controller
  • Rugged 6U VITA 41.2 form factor for air, spray and conduction cooled systems
  • AXIS Advanced Multiprocessor Integrated software
  • GE Fanuc Built-In-Test (BIT) for PowerPC®
  • BSPs for VxWorks and LynxOS
  • For Ruggedization Levels, please see the configuration guide under the downloads tab
  • AXIS Software
  • Former Radstone Product
  • Freescale Alliance
  • PLM Program
  • Search Radstone Manuals
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Data Sheet DSP220 Quad Freescale MPC8641D VXS Multiprocessor
Brochures AXIS Advanced Integrated Multiprocessor Software
AXIS Software Overview
Brochures Sonar Solutions Brochure
8-page Sonar Solutions Brochure
White Papers Advances in Radar Processing
Advances in Radar Processing white paper addresses multi-functional radar systems and how they need to perform much more sophisticated, computationally intensive algorithms - and to do so within limited space & constraints on power & heat dissipation.
White Papers AXIS - Taking the Sting out of Multiprocessor DSP Application Development
This white paper will show how a modern tool-chain might address different issues when configuring and programming a complex, heterogeneous multiprocessor system for a Mil & Aero application and result in a much reduced time to solution.
White Papers Software Strategies for Leveraging VXS Technology
This paper looks at developing applications for systems with switched fabric interconnects
White Papers VPX: VME For the 21st Century
This paper looks at VPX for rugged environments and embedded military applications.
Application Notes Flash Programming on the DSP220/DSP230 Application Note
Requires Authorization BIT Guide BIT on DSP220/DSP230 Software Reference Manual
Configuration Guide RUGGEDIZATION LEVELS
Hardware Manual DSP220 Hardware Reference Manual
Hardware Manual DSP220RTM Hardware Reference Manual
Hardware Manual SIOX600 Breakout Panel Manual
Customer support contact info for this product is listed below by global region. All related documentation and software for this product are listed under the "Downloads" tab of this product page.

Primary Support

Towcester, UK
Tove Valley Business Park
Towcester, Northamptonshire, -- NN12 6PF

Support Phone: +44 (0) 1327 322760
Support E-mail: support.towcester@gefanuc.com

Contact Repair Service: repairs.towcester@gefanuc.com
RMA: aug-support@gefanuc.com


Asia Pacific, Oceana Support

Tokyo, Japan
Akasaka Park Building, 5-2-20
Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-6112

Support Phone:
Support E-mail: support-apo.gefes@ge.com


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