SoC module combines six Arm cores for 30Gbyte/second bandwidth
Based on the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, the Mercury+ XU8 SoC module offers 20 multi-Gbit transceivers with data rates of up to 15Gbit per second each and memory bandwidth up to 29.8Gbytes per second, says Enclustra.
The modules also combines six Arm cores, a Mali-400MP2 graphics processor unit (GPU) (EV variant), up to 12Gbyte DDR4 SDRAM, standard interfaces, 236 user I/Os and up to 504,000 LUT4 equivalents.
The Mercury+ XU8 MPSoC module is optimised for applications that need to process large amounts of data in the shortest possible time, says Enclustra. There are two independent memory channels – one on the PS (up to 8Gbyte DDR4 ECC SDRAM) and one on the PL (up to 4Gbyte) – enabling the module to achieve a memory bandwidth of up to 29.8Gbyte per second. To transport the data to be processed into and out of the module as quickly as possible, 20 multi-gigabit transceivers, each with a data transmission rate of up to 15Gbits per second are available.
The SoC module is available in both commercial and industrial temperature ranges, and operates from a single 5.0 to 15V supply. Planned availability is 10 years.
In addition to Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0, DisplayPort, SATA and SGMII interfaces the module has a 16Gbyte eMMC and a 64Mbyte QSPI flash. Both the processing system and the FPGA matrix have PCIe connections.
The Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC is manufactured in a 16nm FinFET+ process and has four 64-bit Arm Cortex-A53 cores, with a clock frequency of up to 1333MHz and a 600MHz, 32-bit Arm dual core Cortex-R5. The processors are supported by a Mali-400MP2 GPU and a H.264/H.265 video codec (EV variants).
Enclustra the Mercury+ PE1-300 or Mercury+ PE1-400 baseboards, for use with the Mercury+ XU8 as a development and prototyping platform.
Further expansion options are provided by the LPC/HPC FMC connectors on the PE1 baseboard, compatible with a range of plug-in cards – ADCs, DACs, motor control cards and RF links for example, from various manufacturers.
Enclustra also offers hardware, software and support materials for the Mercury+ XU8 module. The Enclustra Build Environment can be used to compile the Enclustra SoC modules with an integrated Arm processor, and when the module and baseboard are selected, it downloads the appropriate Bitstream, First Stage Boot Loader (FSBL) and the required source code. Finally, U-Boot, Linux and the root file system based on BusyBox are compiled.
