AdvancedTCA

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AdvancedTCA
About PICMG 3.x

• PICMG 3.0 defines mechanics, board dimensions,
  power distribution, power and data
  connectors,
• and system management
• PICMG 3.1 defines an Ethernet switch fabric for
  data up to 10 Gbps per link
• PICMG 3.2 defines how InfiniBand systems are
  built within this architecture
• PICMG 3.3 defines a StarFabric implementation
  over the backplane providing TDM, cell,
  control, and packet connectivity over the same
  fabric
• PICMG 3.4 defines PCI Express
• PICMG 3.5 defines RapidIO

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AdvancedTCA
About PICMG 3.x

• Scalable capacity up to 2.5Tbs
• Board size 8U (322.25mm) high and 280mm deep
• 140 sq. inch compared with 54 sq. inch for VME
  and cPCI
•   Slot pitch is now 1.2 (taller components like
  next generation CPUs)
• The main fabric mesh has up to 10Gbps between
  all boards, and supports Ethernet (1G or
  10G), InfiniBand (2.5G or 10G), StarFabric
• (2.5G to 10G) , PCI Express (10G), or RapidIO
  (2.5 to 10G)
• Dissipated power 150- 200W per board
• 8 high speed differential pairs per data link,
  each pair capable of data transmission up to
  5Gbps          

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AdvancedTCA
About PICMG 3.x

• Zone1 Power Distribution System Management
  zone (new Positronic 34 pin
  connector)
• Zone2 Data Transport zone (ZD high speed
  differential connector)
• Zone3 Rear I/O Access zone (connecter free for
  the customer)

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AdvancedTCA
About PICMG 3.x

• Power distribution Dual -48VDC DC-DC
  converters on boards
• Slot types Hub Slots Node Slots Mesh
  Enabled Slots
•  Topologies Dual Star two Hub
  Slots  Dual-Dual Star four Hub Slots   Mesh
  all slots are Mesh Enabled Slots   
  Replicated Mesh
•  Rear Transition Module solutions
•   Front Board direct connect to RTM the
  backplane has no Zone 3 implemented
• Cable bulkhead
• Front Board connect to RTM via the Zone 3
  connectors  

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VITA 34 Embedded Modular Architecture
About VITA 34

• Board size 8Uhigh / 220mm deep or 4U high /
  220mm deep (6U may also be an option)
• Slot pitch 6HP (1.2inch)
• Boards encased in metal (shielding)
• Optical connectors planed (TBD for the future)
• Signal connectors (TBD ZD connector possible)
• Power connectors (TBD Positronic connector
  possible)
• Supports liquid and spray cooling for high power
  applications

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VITA 34 Embedded Modular Architecture
About VITA 34

• Defines an entirely new equipment practice
  (components are not available right now)
• Power is handled by distributed 48 VDC to each
  board DC/DC converters for other voltages  

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VITA 41 VXS VME Switched Serial Standard
About VITA 41

• Enables high speed communication in a VME
  compatible system
• New features High speed connector on P0/J0,
  alignment and keying, board with high speed
  connectors acting as a switch
• Switch fabric links are implemented between
  Switch Slots and Payload Slots (P0 area)
• Each Payload board route one standard 4X link to
  each Switch board
• A standard 4X link is a group of four 1X links
  (2 differential pair, 1 for transmitting and 1
  for receiving)

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VITA 41 VXS VME Switched Serial Standard
About VITA 41

• Topologies Single Star Topology (one Switch
  slot) Dual Star Topology (two Switch
  slots). Mesh is also possible.
• Protocols supported InfiniBand (41.1), RapidIO
  (41.2), and in future may support
  Ethernet (41.3), PCI Express (41.4)
  and StarFabric (41.5) protocols

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VITA 41 VXS VME Switched Serial Standard
About VITA 41

• No. of layers for additional high speed signals
  4 positive layers
•  Backward compatibility Standard VME boards can
  be installed in VXS Payload slots, do not
  participate in the high speed communication
• Connector used P0 connector MultiGig from Tyco

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VITA 31.1 Gigabit Ethernet on VME64x
About VITA 31.1

• Defines a pinout for implementing a
  10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet switched network
  on a VME64x backplane
• Adopts the PICMG 2.16 P3 connector pinout for
  use on VME64x boards
•  Slot types Node slots (P1/P2 DIN 160pin / P0
  HM2.0mm) Fabric Slots
  (P1-P5 HM2.0mm connectors)
• VME64x systems and CompactPCI PSB (PICMG 2.16)
  systems can use the same switched fabric
  boards
•  Links implementation 10/100Mbps (2 differential
  pairs) links or 1000Mbps (4 differential
  pairs) links between fabric slot and each node
•  Topologies Single Fabric Topology Dual Fabric
  Topology

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VITA 31.1 Gigabit Ethernet on VME64x
About VITA 31.1

• Backward compatibility Standard VME boards can
  be used without participating in the
  Ethernet communication
• Features IPMB supported on Fabric Slots P1/P2
  and Node Slots according to VITA 38 (System
  Management for VME)
• Scalable bit rate/slot (10-1000Mbps) using
  Ethernet Auto Negotiation         

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RapidIO

• Intra-system solution between chips and boards
• Inter-system connection via bridge
• RapidIO packet-based point-to-point system
  interconnect architecture using LVSD
• Direct link between to destination
• 10 Gbps aggregate bandwidth using 8-bit wide
  input and output data ports

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Infiniband

• Chip-to-chip and board-to-board communications
  (inside the box)
• Packet-switched architecture similar to internet
  protocol (IP)
• Inter-system connection
• Competition to Fibre Channel and Ethernet
• Up to four PCI devices per bridge
• 16-bit LVDS at 400 Mhz
• I/O architecture interoperates with any server
  technology on the market
• Three levels of link performance - 2.5 Gbits, 10
  Gbits, and 30 Gbs

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PCI Express

• I/O technology compatible with the current PCI
  software environment
• Packetized protocol
• Uses embedded clocking scheme to enable better
  frequency scaling
• For chip-to-chip and add-in card applications
  (in-the-box applications)
• The Base specification describes the protocol,
  signaling and software

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