CommAgility announces new AMC processor module with front panel SRIO interface

EDN Staff -- EDN, January 5, 2010

CommAgility announced today a new Advanced Mezzanine Card module, further expanding its range of processing subsystems. The AMC-3D74 includes a front panel mounted Serial RapidIO (SRIO) interface, and provides a cost-effective, high performance solution for test equipment and general purpose DSP processing applications.

Multiple 10Gbps SRIO interfaces are provided for radio cards and any customer-specific I/O requirements. The SRIO interfaces are also accessible via the AdvancedMC backplane, and optical I/O can be provided as an option. The AMC-3D74 also provides Gigabit Ethernet and RocketIO via the AMC backplane.

The AMC-3D74 is a single width, full-size PICMG AMC module. For high processing density, it is based around three TMC320C6474 multicore DSPs from Texas Instruments, running at 1 or 1.2GHz, and a Virtex-5 FPGA from Xilinx.

“We are delighted to see CommAgility supporting our TMS320C6474 processor in a high-performance AdvancedMC module,” said Mukesh Kumar, marketing manager for TI’s communications infrastructure business. “This is an essential step in providing an OEM-ready product in this form factor.”

Edward Young, managing director at CommAgility, said, “This new module provides nine DSP cores and a powerful FPGA to give excellent processing performance – coupled with the front panel Serial RapidIO interface that is required for certain customer applications.”

A range of build options are available, and further customisation is possible in volume, to enable the best technical and commercial fit to a customer application to be achieved. The new module has been tested and proven with a range of third-party software, which reduces system development costs and helps cut time to market for OEMs.

CommAgility’s AdvancedMC modules have proved successful in high-performance processing applications, particularly wireless telecoms. Its AMC-3C87F3 module, which includes three TCI6487 DSPs from Texas Instruments, has secured multiple design wins and is now shipping in volume.

The AMC-3D74 is available now.

About CommAgility:
CommAgility is a leading manufacturer of signal processing AMC modules for wireless baseband applications, combining flexible CPRI/OBSAI antenna interfaces, the latest TI DSPs and Xilinx FPGAs, and high bandwidth on and off-card communications using Serial RapidIO and Ethernet. Customers around the world use CommAgility products to develop high performance applications in both wireless and non-wireless spaces, and recent designs include test equipment, trial systems and base stations for a wide range of wireless standards especially WiMAX and LTE.

For more information: http://www.commagility.com/amc-3d74.php