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WILDSTAR™-II Hardware Reference Manual
For all WILDSTAR™-II and WILDSTAR™-II PRO-Series
PCI and VME Motherboards
12921 - 0000 Revision 6.0
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1ABOUT THIS MANUAL......................................................................1-1
1.1 OVERVIEW.....................................................................................................1-1
1.2 CONVENTIONS..............................................................................................1-3
1.3 ICONS ...........................................................................................................1-3
1.4 KEY WORDS AND DEFINITIONS..................................................................1-4
2INTRODUCTION TO WILDSTAR™-II................................................2-1
2.1 WILDSTAR™-II BOARD ARCHITECTURE....................................................2-1
2.1.1 WILDSTAR™-II PE MODULES...........................................................................2-2
2.1.2 WILDSTAR™-II PRO PE MODULES ..................................................................2-3
2.1.3 PE MODULE INTEROPERABILITY..................................................................... 2-4
2.2 WILDSTAR™-II BOARD TYPES....................................................................2-5
2.2.1 ABOUT THE WILDSTAR™-II /VME BOARD ......................................................2-5
2.2.2 ABOUT THE WILDSTAR™-II PRO /VME BOARD.............................................. 2-8
2.2.3 ABOUT THE WILDSTAR™-II PRO ACE FOR VME BOARD ...........................2-10
2.2.4 ABOUT THE WILDSTAR™-II /PCI BOARD...................................................... 2-12
2.2.5 ABOUT THE WILDSTAR™-II PRO/PCI BOARD ..............................................2-16
2.3 WILDSTAR™ MAIN BOARD AND I/O CARD COMPATIBILITIES...............2-19
3GETTING STARTED ..........................................................................3-1
3.1 UNPACKING AND INSPECTING THE WILDSTAR™-II BOARD...................3-1
3.2 BOARD ILLUSTRATIONS AND LED DEFINITIONS......................................3-2
3.2.1 WILDSTAR™-II / VME BOARD VIEWS............................................................... 3-3
3.2.2 WILDSTAR™-II PRO/VME BOARD VIEWS........................................................ 3-9
3.2.3 WILDSTAR™-II PRO ACE FOR VME (REV. B) BOARD VIEWS..................... 3-13
3.2.4 WILDSTAR™-II /PCI BOARD VIEWS ............................................................... 3-17
3.2.5 WILDSTAR™-II PRO/PCI BOARD VIEWS .......................................................3-22
4INSTALLING THE WILDSTAR™-II BOARD......................................4-1
4.1 WILDSTAR™-II /VME INSTALLATION ..........................................................4-1
4.1.1 WILDSTAR™-II /VME SWITCH SETTINGS........................................................ 4-2
4.1.2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION FOR WILDSTAR™-II /VME ................................4-4
4.1.3 POWER UP SYSTEM.......................................................................................... 4-4
4.2 WILDSTAR™-II PRO /VME INSTALLATION..................................................4-5
4.2.1 WILDSTAR™-II PRO / VME JUMPER SETTINGS............................................. 4-7
4.2.2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION FOR WILDSTAR™-II PRO/ VME........................ 4-8
4.2.3 POWER UP SYSTEM.......................................................................................... 4-9
4.3 WILDSTAR™-II PRO ACE FOR VME BOARD INSTALLATION..................4-10
4.3.1 WILDSTAR™-II PRO ACE FOR VME JUMPER SETTINGS............................4-10
4.3.2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION FOR WILDSTAR™-II PRO ACE FOR VME .....4-12
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4.4 WILDSTAR™-II /PCI BOARD INSTALLATION............................................ 4-13
4.4.1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION FOR WILDSTAR™-II /PCI.................................4-13
4.4.2 POWER UP SYSTEM.........................................................................................4-14
4.4.3 WILDSTAR™-II /PCI SWITCH SETTINGS........................................................4-15
4.4.4 WILDSTAR™-II PRO/PCI SWITCH SETTINGS................................................4-17
4.5 WILDSTAR™-II RESET OPTIONS.............................................................. 4-18
4.5.1 PE RESETS........................................................................................................4-18
4.5.2 BOARD RESETS................................................................................................4-18
4.5.3 SYSTEM RESETS..............................................................................................4-19
5TECHNICAL SUPPORT .....................................................................5-1
5.1 BOARD IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS.......................................................... 5-1
6WILDSTAR™-II HARDWARE REFERENCE .....................................6-1
6.1 WILDSTAR™-II BOARD SPECIFICATIONS ................................................. 6-1
6.2 WILDSTAR™-II THERMAL MANAGEMENT................................................. 6-1
6.3 WILDSTAR™-II POWER FUNCTIONS ......................................................... 6-7
6.3.1 POWER MONITORING AND THRESHOLDS FOR WILDSTAR™-II / VME AND /
PCI................................................................................................................6-7
6.3.2 WILDSTAR™-II /VME 3.3V POWER SUPPLY OPTIONS (REV. C ONLY) ........6-9
6.4 WILDSTAR™-II PRO POWER FUNCTIONS................................................. 6-9
6.5 WILDSTAR™-II BOARD CLOCKS ..............................................................6-11
6.5.1 CLOCK DISTRIBUTION DIAGRAMS.................................................................6-12
6.5.2 CLOCK DESCRIPTIONS AND FREQUENCIES................................................6-15
6.6 WILDSTAR-II PRO CLOCKS....................................................................... 6-18
6.7 WILDSTAR™-II BACKPLANE I/O AND POWER OPTIONS ....................... 6-18
6.7.1 WILDSTAR™-II/ VME BACKLPLANE I/O AND POWER CONFIGURATIONS.6-18
6.7.2 WILDSTAR™-II PRO /VME AND PRO ACE P2 BACKPLANE OPTIONS ........6-25
6.8 WILDSTAR™-II PRO ROCKET I/O INTERFACES...................................... 6-32
6.8.1 ROCKET I/O CONNECTIONS FOR WILDSTAR™-II PRO BOARDS...............6-32
6.8.2 ROCKET I/O CLOCKS .......................................................................................6-33
7VHDL MODELS REFERENCE AND GUIDE......................................7-1
7.1 WILDSTAR™-II VHDL MODEL...................................................................... 7-1
7.1.1 VHDL MODEL SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT....................................................7-1
7.2 VHDL INTERFACE COMPONENTS.............................................................. 7-3
7.2.1 CLOCK STANDARD INTERFACE (CLOCK_STD_IF).........................................7-4
7.2.2 LAD BUS STANDARD INTERFACE (LAD_BUS_STD_IF)..................................7-8
7.2.3 SRAM BASIC I/O (SRAMPORT_BASIC_IO).....................................................7-15
7.2.4 SRAM DDR2 CORE (SRAM_DDR2_CORE).....................................................7-17
7.2.5 DRAM STANDARD INTERFACE (DRAM_STD_IF) ..........................................7-20
7.2.6 DRAM BASIC I/O (DRAMPORT_BASIC_IO).....................................................7-21
7.2.7 LED STANDARD INTERFACE (LED_STD_IF)..................................................7-23
7.2.8 I/O CONNECTOR BASIC INTERFACE .............................................................7-24
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7.2.9 PE TO PE BUS STANDARD INTERFACE (PE_BUS_STD_IF)........................7-26
7.2.10 PE TO PE BUS BASIC INTERFACE (PE_BUS_BASIC_IO) ............................7-29
7.3 WILDSTAR™-II PRO VHDL MODEL............................................................7-35
7.3.1 VHDL MODEL SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT.................................................7-35
7.4 VHDL INTERFACE COMPONENTS ............................................................7-36
7.4.1 CLOCK INTERFACE (CLOCK_INTERFACE)...................................................7-37
7.4.2 LAD BUS INTERFACE (LAD_INTERFACE) .....................................................7-39
7.4.3 SRAM DDRII INTERFACE (SRAM_DDRII_PORTX_INTERFACE)..................7-45
7.4.4 SRAM QDRII INTERFACE (SRAM_QDRII_PORTX_INTERFACE) ................. 7-47
7.4.5 DRAM INTERFACE (DRAM_INTERFACE).......................................................7-50
7.4.6 LED INTERFACE (LED_INTERFACE)..............................................................7-52
7.4.7 PE TO PE BUS INTERFACE (PECONN_PORTX_INTERFACE).....................7-53
7.4.8 ROCKET IO INTERFACE (RIO_PORTX_INTERFACE) (NOT AVAILABLE FOR
VME SYSTEMS)........................................................................................7-55
7.5 WILDSTAR™-II VHDL HOST MODEL .........................................................7-59
7.5.1 SIMULATED HOST API PROCEDURES..........................................................7-59
7.5.2 VHDL HOST MODEL SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT......................................7-71
7.5.3 USING TEMPLATES..........................................................................................7-71
7.5.4 USING VHDL RECORD TYPES........................................................................7-71
7.5.5 PCI CONTROLLER MODEL..............................................................................7-71
7.5.6 ON-BOARD MEMORY MODEL.........................................................................7-71
7.5.7 I/O CARD MODEL..............................................................................................7-72
7.5.8 VHDL MODEL CONFIGURATION ....................................................................7-72
7.5.9 WILDSTAR™-II SYSTEM CONFIGURATION (SYSTEM_CONFIG)................ 7-72
8WILDSTAR™ VHDL DESIGN CYCLE...............................................8-1
8.1 WILDSTAR™-II /VME AND /PCI VHDL DESIGN...........................................8-1
8.1.1 USING TEMPLATE VHDL DESIGN FILES......................................................... 8-1
8.1.2 CREATING A PE DESIGN................................................................................... 8-1
8.1.3 CREATING A HOST DESIGN .............................................................................8-1
8.1.4 CREATING A SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE..........................................................8-2
8.1.5 MODIFYING CONFIGURATION FILES .............................................................. 8-2
8.1.6 DESIGN SIMULATION ........................................................................................ 8-2
8.1.7 SYNTHESIZING A DESIGN ................................................................................8-4
8.1.8 PLACING AND ROUTING A DESIGN................................................................. 8-5
8.1.9 ANALYZING DESIGN PERFORMANCE.............................................................8-7
INDEX............................................................................................................I
APPENDIX A: WILDSTAR™-II BACKPLANE STANDARD INTERFACE PIN
MAPPING.................................................................................................. A1
APPENDIX B: WILDSTAR™-II PRO P2 BACKPLANE PIN MAPPING... B1
APPENDIX C: WILDSTAR™-II P0/P2 PIN USAGE.................................. C1
APPENDIX D: WILDSTAR™-II VHDL SRAM EXAMPLE......................... D1
SRAM EXAMPLE FOR WILDSTAR™-II /PCI AND /VME .................................... D1
MAIN FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS...........................................................................................D2
SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION.............................................................................................D3
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COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS.....................................................................................D3
PROGRAM SAMPLE OUTPUT.........................................................................................D4
SRAM EXAMPLE FOR WILDSTAR™-II /PCI (REV. D)........................................D5
MAIN FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS.......................................................................................... D5
SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION............................................................................................. D6
COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS.....................................................................................D6
PROGRAM SAMPLE OUTPUT.........................................................................................D7
APPENDIX E: WILDSTAR™-II VHDL SDRAM EXAMPLE ...................... E1
SDRAM EXAMPLE FOR WILDSTAR™-II /PCI AND /VME..................................E1
MAIN FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS.......................................................................................... E2
SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION............................................................................................. E2
COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS..................................................................................... E3
PROGRAM SAMPLE OUTPUT......................................................................................... E3
APPENDIX F: COREFIRE™ SUPPORT....................................................F1
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1 ABOUT THIS MANUAL
This WILDSTAR™-II Reference Manual is intended to help you install, program,
and maintain your high performance WILDSTAR™-II motherboard from
Annapolis Micro Systems, Inc. Both WILDSTAR™-II and WILDSTAR™-II
PRO-series motherboards are discussed in this manual.
INFORMATION NOTE
Unless specifically indicated otherwise, references throughout this
manual to “WILDSTAR™-II” typically pertain to the entire
WILDSTAR™-II product line, including PRO-series boards.
All WILDSTAR™-II boards operate with WILDSTAR™-II Host Software.
Detailed software information can be found in the WILDSTAR™-II Software
Reference Manual, included in hardcopy and in a .pdf file on the WILDSTAR™-II
documentation CD. Installation instructions for VHDL and host software are
located in the accompanying release notes. A separate CD containing VHDL
models and examples is also included with your board.
If you have questions or suggestions for improving the usefulness of the
WILDSTAR™-II documentation, please send them to Annapolis Micro Systems,
Inc. using the information provided in Chapter 5.
1.1 Overview
A brief description of each chapter appears below.
•Chapter 2, “Introduction to WILDSTAR™-II,” discusses board
architecture and performance features of WILDSTAR™-II boards.
•Chapter 3, “Getting Started,” describes unpacking and inspection
procedures for your WILDSTAR™-II, as well as board LED definitions
and locations.
•Chapter 4, “Installing WILDSTAR™-II,” describes host system
requirements, installation instructions, reset options, and switch
descriptions.
•Chapter 5, “Technical Support,” provides information for contacting
Annapolis Micro Systems, Inc. Technical Support.
•Chapter 6, “WILDSTAR™-II Hardware Reference,” describes
hardware specifications, along with voltage, clocking, and VME
backplane options.
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•Chapter 7, “CoreFire™ Support,” provides a brief overview of the
CoreFire™ Design Suite, an Annapolis Micro Systems application that
allows you to quickly program and debug PEs on WILDSTAR™-II
motherboards in a minimal number of steps.
•Chapter 8, “VHDL Models Reference,” provides details of VHDL
interfaces and models. It also describes simulation environments, use of
WILDSTAR™-II VHDL templates, record types, and processing element
(PE) standard interfaces.
•In Chapter 9, “VHDL Design Cycle,” each phase of the VHDL design
cycle is discussed, beginning with design creation and going through
simulation, synthesis, place and route, and finally analysis of the design’s
performance.
•Appendix A lists standard interface pin mapping locations for the VME
backplane.
•WILDSTAR™-II PRO P0/P2 Backplane pin mapping information
appears in Appendix B
•WILDSTAR™-II P0/P2 pin usage information appears in Appendix C.
•Appendix D contains the VHDL SRAM Example.
•Appendix E contains the VHDL SDRAM Example.
•Appendix F contains a brief CoreFire™ Design Suite Overview
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1.2 Conventions
Different text styles are used throughout the manual to call attention to specific
items:
Convention Description
Text represented as
screen display This typeface is used to represent displays
appearing on the screen, such as at the “A:\”
prompt.
Text represented as
commands
This typeface is used to represent commands
that are to be entered, such as: type
“setup.”
Keys When specific keys are referenced, they are
designated by their labels, such as “the Enter
key” or “the Escape key,” or they may be
shown as [Enter] or [Esc].
When two or more keys are to be pressed
simultaneously, the keys are linked with a
plus sign (+). For example: [Ctrl] + [Alt] +
[Del].
Text represented as
bold italics This typeface is used to designate equations
being used in the text.
1.3 Icons
Throughout the manual, important information is highlighted with icons:
Icons Description
Information Notes call attention to important features or
instructions.
Cautions are directions that must be followed in order to
avoid loss of system data and/or damage to hardware.
Warnings are directions that must be followed to ensure
personal safety.
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1.4 Key Words and Definitions
Terms used throughout the manual are defined below.
ACE
WILDSTAR™-II PRO ACE for VME single-PE board
API
Application Programming Interface
Application Programming Interface
A set of functions coded in the C language allowing communication
between an application and the board.
Backplane
A board within a chassis providing an interconnection point for logic and
control elements among multiple VME boards.
Block RAM
An architectural feature of the Xilinx® Virtex™ II FPGA in which blocks
are reserved specifically for Random Access Memory.
CLB
Configurable Logic Block (CLB). CLBs provide the functional elements
for constructing logic within the PE.
CoreFire™ Design Suite
An FPGA design and debug application tool developed by Annapolis
Micro Systems, Inc.
cPCI
Compact Peripheral Component Interconnect
DDR DRAM
Double Data Rate DRAM. A type of DRAM in which bursts of data are
sent on both rising and falling edges of clock cycles.
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DDR II SRAM
Double Data Rate SRAM. A high-performance, synchronous burst
SRAM capable of single- and double-data operational modes.
Deprogram
A program is pulsed on an FPGA, which carries its configuration to be
cleared and places the FPGA in a preconfiguration state.
Differential Signaling
Two-wire signaling, in which the difference in voltage between two wires
is used to signal data
DLL
Dynamic Linkage Library
Driver
Software used to handle communication with one to four WILDSTAR™-
II boards.
DRAM
Dynamic Random Access Memory
Euro I/O Card
Eurocard form factor I/O daughter card for WILDSTAR™/VME. Euro
cards use a 228-pin plug and fit on both WILDSTAR™ and
WILDSTAR™-II series boards. Euro II cards fit on WILDSTAR™-II
boards only.
External I/O
External Input/Output
FPGA
Field Programmable Gate Array.
ICLK
Fixed, single-ended bus clock used for Local Address Data Bus
transactions.
LAD Bus
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Local Address Data Bus. Bus between the PCI controller, PE0, PE1, PE2,
and the External I/O cards.
MCLK
Reprogrammable differential memory clock, asynchronous to PCLK.
ModelTech®
An application used to simulate VHDL.
N/C
No Connection.
PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect.
PCLK
Reprogrammable Differential Processing Element Clock asynchronous to
MCLK.
PE
Processing Element. A Xilinx® Virtex™ II Field Programmable Gate
Array (FPGA) comprises the basic processing unit on the WILDSTAR™-
II board. The Virtex-II Pro™ FPGA is used on PRO-Series boards. PEs
are contained within Processing Modules (see definition below).
PE0
Processing Element 0
PE1
Processing Element 1
PE2
Processing Element 2
P0 VME Backplane
Connects the WILDSTAR™-II /VME motherboard to the backplane
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P2 VME Backplane Connector
Connector on the WILDSTAR™-II / VME motherboard that supports
backplane I/O functions.
Processing Module
A basic unit in the WILDSTAR™-II architecture consisting of a
processing element (PE) and its associated ports, buses, clocks, and Flash.
QDR II SRAM
Quadruple-Data Rate II. A high-performance, synchronous burst SRAM
capable of quadruple-data operational modes.
RACEway™
An ANSI-approved interface standard that provides routing and transfer
protocol. RACEway™ provides interface signal connections for the VME
P2 connector.
Rocket I/O™
Multi-Gigabit Transceivers (MGT) on the Virtex-II Pro™ FPGA, with
transfer rates from 622 Mb/s to 3.125 Gb/s
Rx
Abbreviation of “Receive”
Single-ended Signaling
Uses one wire per signal, in which a single voltage is generated that the
receiver compares with a fixed reference voltage
SRAM
Synchronous Random Access Memory
Slice
A slice contains two look-up tables and two flip-flops for implementing
logic within a CLB (Configurable Logic Block). On Virtex™ II FPGAs,
there are four slices per CLB.
Synplicity®
Manufacturer of Synplify ASIC®, an application used for synthesizing
ASIC designs.
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Tx
Abbreviation of “Transfer”
Virtex™-II FPGA
Virtex™-II Field Programmable Gate Array, used on WILDSTAR™-II
motherboards.
Virtex-II Pro™ FPGA
Virtex™-II Pro™ Field Programmable Gate Array, used on
WILDSTAR™-II PRO motherboards.
VME
Versa Module Eurocard.
WILDSTAR™-II Host Software (includes WILDSTAR™-II PRO)
Application Programming Interface, Device Driver, and utilities.
WILDSTAR™-II /PCI Second I/O Slot Adapter
A card designed to allow a second I/O card to be installed on the
WILDSTAR™-II /PCI motherboard.
WILDSTAR™-II VHDL Models
Hardware models used for board-level VHDL simulation of application.
Xilinx®
Manufacturer of Virtex™-II FPGAs and place-and-route tools for FPGA
designs.
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2 INTRODUCTION TO WILDSTAR™-II
WILDSTAR™ computing is a revolutionary new technology combining reconfigurable
system gates with very high memory and I/O bandwidth capacities. As an evolution of
the WILDSTAR™ family of boards, WILDSTAR™-II delivers high levels of
processing power, memory and flexibility while maintaining the proven reliability that
distinguishes WILDSTAR™ products.
The WILDSTAR™-II board architecture supports three form factors: VME, PCI, and
cPCI. WILDSTAR™-II-series boards are equipped with Virtex™-II FPGAs.
WILDSTAR™-II PRO-series boards feature Virtex-II Pro™ FPGAs.
INFORMATION NOTE
Unless specifically indicated otherwise, references throughout this
manual to “WILDSTAR™-II” pertain to the entire WILDSTAR™-II
product line, including PRO-series boards.
To ensure safe and reliable processing, WILDSTAR™-II boards come equipped with a
proactive thermal management system. Sensors across the board monitor power and
temperature, with automatic shutdown capability to prevent excessive heat buildup.
Depending on the WILDSTAR™-II board type, thermal management also includes heat
sinks or fans.
WILDSTAR™-II boards support both VHDL design flow tools and the
CoreFire™ Design Suite.
yThe VHDL flow consists of four steps: 1) creation of VHDL design using supplied
VHDL model; 2) simulation using the ModelTech® application; 3) synthesis using
Synplicity®, and 4) place-and-routing using Xilinx® tools.
yThe CoreFire™ design flow involves two steps: creating a design using the
CoreFire™ Application Builder, and then place-and-routing using Xilinx® FPGA
design tools.
2.1 WILDSTAR™-II Board Architecture
The WILDSTAR™-II architecture is best illustrated in terms of processing modules. A
processing module is built around each of the board PEs and named accordingly (PE0,
PE1, PE2).
Separate PE configuration modules for the WILDSTAR™-II and the WILDSTAR™-II
PRO are described below.
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2.1.1 WILDSTAR™-II PE Modules
Each module in the WILDSTAR™-II architecture (Figure 2-1) consists of the
following:
One Xilinx® Virtex™-II FPGA
Six independent DDR2 SRAM ports
One Bulk DDR DRAM port
Three I/O data buses with dedicated Transmit (Tx) and Receive (Rx)
clocks
32-bit LAD bus
Flash storage of multiple FPGA images
Three global clocks
Three local clocks
Three user LEDs
PE
VIRTEX
TM -II
XC2V 6000, 8000
36
DDR
SRAM
36
SRAM
DDR2
QDR2
SRAM
36
36
Prog
Osc
3
DD
SDRAM
32
36 36
Flash
16
LAD (32)
1
Global
Clock
I/O
(
Tx/Rx
)
I/O
(Tx/Rx)
3
LEDs
(Red, Yellow,
Green)
152 CoreFire *
160 VHDL
166
166
DDR2
QDR2
SRAM
DDR2
QDR2
SRAM
DDR2
QDR2
SRAM
DDR2
QDR2
SRAM
I/O
(Tx/Rx)
DDR2
QDR2
SRAM
*CoreFire™ uses a small number of bits for overhead requirements.
Figure 2-1: WILDSTAR™-II Processing Module
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2.1.2 WILDSTAR™-II PRO PE Modules
Each module in the WILDSTAR™-II PRO architecture (Figure 2-2) consists of
the following:
One Xilinx® Virtex-II Pro™ FPGA
Six independent DDR2/QDR2 SRAM ports
One Bulk DDR DRAM port
Three I/O data buses with dedicated Transmit (Tx) and Receive (Rx)
clocks
20 Rocket I/O Channels
32-bit LAD bus
One global clock
Three user LEDs
PE
VIRTEXTM II-Pro
XC2VP 70, 100 36
36
SRAM
DDR2
QDR2
SRAM
36
36
DDR
SDRAM
32
36 36
LAD (32)
Refclk x 2
PCLK
3
LEDs
(Red, Yellow,
Green)
I/O Clocks
(Tx/Rx)
LAD CLK
DDR2
QDR2
SRAM
DDR2
QDR2
SRAM
DDR2
QDR2
SRAM
DDR2
QDR2
SRAM
DDR2
QDR2
SRAM
100 Diff Pairs
100 Diff Pairs
20 Rocket I/O Channels
152 CoreFire *
160 VHDL
I/O Clocks
(Tx/Rx)
I/O Clocks
(Tx/Rx)
*CoreFire™ uses a small number of bits for overhead requirements.
Figure 2-2: WILDSTAR™-II PRO Processing Module
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