PCI 9030
SMARTarget I/O Accelerator
SMARTarget Technology As PCI evolves in today's complex systems, PLX continues to provide market
Performance Features leading, high performance 32-bit PCI solutions. In this tradition, PLX is offering
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PCI v2.2 compliant 32-bit the PCI 9030 SMARTarget I/O Accelerator.
33MHz Target Interface Chip
There are many ways to do a PCI target design. Many PCI chip and core
enabling PCI Burst Transfers
designs only attempt to implement the minimum PCI v2.1 bus interface signaling
up to 132Mbytes/second.
and call it complete. This leaves the burden of connectivity, performance and
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Up to 60MHz Local Bus oper-
system compatibility on the designer. Only the PCI 9030 has SMARTarget tech-
ation enabling burst transfers
nology, a set of advanced features which go far beyond the minimum to pro-
up to 240Mbytes/second
vide the best possible performance and flexibility to simplify the design. A basic
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PCI Target Read Ahead Mode
target design is one thing, but a SMARTarget design is much more.
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PCI Target Programmable
Burst
designs to you in a way that is simple and convenient to use. The PCI 9030 is
the perfect solution for applications such as:
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PCI Target Delayed Write
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Posted Memory Writes
Whether you are migrating an ISA or other older design to PCI, or upgrading
Flexibility Features
your current PCI target design, the PCI 9030 with SMARTarget technology pro-
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Programmable 32-bit Local
vides the fastest and easiest route to PCI. The PCI 9030 has the industry's most
Bus operates up to 60MHz
flexible local bus which allows for multiple interface options to a wide variety
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Supports 5 PCI to Local
of memory and I/O devices. Combine that with fully tested, compatible PCI v2.2
Address spaces
compliance, and your design risk is virtually zero.
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Nine Programmable GPIOs
CompactPCI Hot Swap Designs
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Four programmable
Building upon PLX's experience in CompactPCI, the PCI 9030 is the industry's
Chip selects
first CompactPCI Hot Swap Ready Target device. This allows all of your
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CompactPCI Hot Swap Ready
CompactPCI I/O board designs to be compatible with both traditional
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Big/Little Endian Conversion CompactPCI and the new Hot Swap system designs.
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Interrupt Generator
Smaller Form Factor Designs
The PCI 9030 offers a 180-pin mBGA packaging option. Where space is a consid-
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PCI v1.1 Power Management.
eration, this ultra-thin, dime-sized package is an ideal solution. This allows for
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3.3V, 5V Tolerant PCI Signaling
flexibility in real estate sensitive designs such as PMC or PC-MIP Mezzanine
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3.3V CMOS device in 180-pin
cards, and PCMCIA PC-Cards.
mBGA or 176-pin PQFP
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JTAG
Actual SizeMemory I/O I/O
32-bit 60MHz Local Bus
I/O I/O
PCI 9030
SMARTarget
Device
32-bit, 33MHz System PCI Bus
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PCI 9030 SMARTarget I/O PCI Target Programmable Burst. The PCI Posted Memory Writes. A PCI memory
9030 may be programmed for several write can be posted to the PCI 9030 for
Accelerator
burst lengths, including unlimited burst. later transfer to the Local bus. This
Only the PCI 9030 has SMARTarget tech-
This allows for maximum transfer rates allows for maximum PCI performance
nology, a set of advanced features which
on both the PCI and local bus. and avoids potential deadlock situations.
go far beyond the minimum to provide
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PCI Target Delayed Write. The PCI 9030
SMARTarget Flexibility Features
the best possible performance and flexi-
supports PCI Target Delayed Write mode
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Programmable Local Bus operates up
bility to simplify the design. A basic target
where the PCI Target Write data is post-
to 60MHz and supports both non-
design is one thing, but a SMARTarget
poned in the PCI Target Write FIFO to
multiplexed and multiplexed 32-bit
design is much more.
allow uninterrupted burst transactions
address/data protocol, and Dynamic
Local Bus width control allowing slave
accesses of 8-,16- or 32-bit devices.
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Supports 5 PCI to Local Address
spaces. These spaces (Space 0,1,2,3 and
Expansion ROM Spaces) allow a PCI
Bus Master to access the local memory
spaces with individually programmable
wait states, bus width, and burst
capabilities.
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The PCI 9030 has 9 programmable
General Purpose I/Os which may
be used for a variety of purposes.
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Four programmable Chip
selects eliminate decode logic.
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CompactPCI Hot Swap Ready
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Supports Automatic on-the-fly Big
Endian and Little Endian conversion
for all operations and data types.
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Interrupt Generator can assert PCI inter-
Figure 1.
rupts from external and internal sources.
Typical PCI Target
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Fully supports the Vital Product Data
Adapter Card
(VPD) PCI v2.2 extension including New
on the Local bus. This allows for a higher
Capabilities Structure. Provides an alter-
SMARTarget Performance Features:
throughput for conditions in which the
nate access method for user or system
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PCI v2.2 Compliant 32-bit, 33MHz
PCI clock frequency is slower than the
defined parameters or configuration data.
Target Interface Chip enabling PCI Burst
Local clock frequency or when Local bus
Transfers up to 132Mbytes/second.
bursting is desirable.
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Up to 60MHz Local Bus operation
enabling burst transfers up to
240Mbytes/second
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PCI Target Read Ahead Mode. The
PCI 9030 will prefetch a programmable
amount of data from the local bus.
The prefetched data can then be burst
transferred on the PCI bus from the PCI
9030 internal PCI Target Read FIFO. The
prefetch size can be programmed to
match the PCI master burst length or can
be used as PCI Target Read Ahead mode
data. This feature allows for increased
bandwidth and reduced read latency.
Figure 2.
Typical CompactPCI
Hot Swap Adapter Card
I/O Memory I/O
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PCI 9030
SMARTarget
Device
32-bit 60MHz Local Bus
I/O
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32-bit, 33MHz Compact PCI Bus