VME64 single board computers are still showing up as new products, and they are more connected than ever. The IOxOS Technologies IPV_1102, based on Freescale’s PowerPC P2020 computing core and Xilinx Virtex-5T FPGA, is a great example. The IPV_1102 can extend its capabilities beyond the boundaries of the VME chassis through a PCI Express x4 external cable connection implemented in its front panel. The innovation is that the physical connection is implemented as a plug-in expansion I/O module to support both copper and optical physical media, allowing link lengths up to 100 meters.
To deal with VMEbus, the VME64x interface is implemented within the Virtex-5T FPGA and optimized to deliver unprecedented low-latency VME64x transfers for time-critical applications. The P2020 processor is tightly coupled with the on-board Xilinx Virtex-5T FPGA, which implements the IOxOS Technologies proprietary PCI Express-centric Network on Chip (NoC).