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RECONFIGURABLE SBC

MiroTech has introduced ARIX, the industry's first SBRC single board reconfigurable computer. The full-size scalable PCI board supports a TMS320C44 DSP coupled to a Xilinx Virtex 300, 800, or 1000 FPGA. It outranks multiprocessor architectures of more than 50 DSPs from the same family.

The architecture is expandable through mezzanine sites that support its TIM standard, as well as the IndustryPac standard. Additionally, the ARIX architecture has an onboard topology of VPE virtual processing elements that can support up to the equivalent of one million reconfigurable gates. They can be linked to other SBRCs through a series of external connectors, enabling the user to create a cluster of reconfigurable computers. High-speed SBSRAM banks of 100 MHz of 32 ý 128 Kwords provide ample memory for the networked VPEs as well as for the DSP.

ARIX sells for $7350. The package includes a platform, the run-time environment, development and debugging tools, and compiler and libraries of hardware cores. Supporting Windows, ARIX allows end users to develop and partition their C application in hardware and software threads.

MiroTech Microsystems, Inc.
(514) 744-6476
Fax: (514) 744-6018
www.mirotech.com

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