PowerPC e6500

New single board computer extends life, updates processing and communications technology, saves cost and power for VXS-based systems

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Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Computer architecture, Instruction set architectures, Microprocessors, NXP Semiconductors, Flynn's taxonomy, QorIQ, Multi-core processor, AltiVec, Central processing unit, PowerPC e6500

The DSP221 is an extension of the legacy DSP220, by refreshing to the latest NXP T2081 quad core processor.

Key Points: 
  • The DSP221 is an extension of the legacy DSP220, by refreshing to the latest NXP T2081 quad core processor.
  • The DSP221 is the newest NXP QorIQTM based product to join Abaco's rugged 6U VME and VXS single board computers.
  • This product provides an improvement from a single core processor to a modern multi core power architecture processor.
  • The DSP221 is a 6U VXS single board computer with Power ArchitectureTM AMP CPU with eight e6500 virtual cores (4 cores, dual threaded with AltiVec co-processing).