Tsi620 RapidIO Switch/RapidIO-to-PCI Bridge

Tundra Semiconductor

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Devashish Paul
Product Marketing Manager

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Tsi620FS_80D7000_FB001_03.pdf

Description:

The Tundra Semiconductor Tsi620TM is the latest offering in Tundras industry-leading family of RapidIO devices. The Tsi620 provides the functionality of both a Serial RapidIO Switch and a non-transparent RapidIO-to-PCI bridge. The RapidIO Switch offers 50 Gbps aggregate bandwidth, while the RapidIO-to-PCI bridge enables legacy systems to link to the high-bandwidth RapidIO interconnect. The Tsi620 contains all the benefits of Tundra's family of Serial RapidIO switches and adds interfaces to PCI-enabled processors, as well as an interface to low-cost FPGAs.



The RapidIO Switch offers up to three 10 Gbps ports as well a port for 10 Gbps RapidIO over an XGMII physical interface. The RapidIO Switch can be used to connect clusters of DSPs and microprocessors required for high performance embedded computing applications, such as Wireless Baseband 3G LTE, WiMAX and Wideband CDMA systems. It can also be used in Wireline Networking, Video and Military applications to reduce cost while increasing performance. Alternatively one or more ports from the RapidIO Switch can be used for backplane or front panel connectivity.


This FPGA port on the RapidIO Switch permits the use of the Tsi620 with low cost non SerDes FPGA, or eliminates a discrete SerDes from the system, substantially reducing system level cost.

The RapidIO-to-PCI bridge enables legacy systems to link to DSP clusters via the high-bandwidth RapidIO switch. By leveraging the PCI to RapidIO bridging capability, System OEMs are able to use competitively priced embedded processors, while simultaneously leveraging the investment in existing embedded software.

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Semiconductors > ASSPs > Switches Semiconductors > FPGAs Semiconductors > Switch Fabric Devices Semiconductors > Wireless