Hardware Features
・Dynamic shared-memory addressing
・Custom SIMM memory upgrade option
・Supports bus-level interrupt INTA
・Virtual paging for Shared Memory (CSR selectable)
・Variable-length message packet capability
・Dual-port memory
・Dual memory and error interrupt
・General-purpose Counter
・Error Interrupt Mask
・Single-Slot Solution
・32-bit PCI compliant
・Maximum bus clock speed is 33 MHz
・Less than 1.5 amps @ 5 volts only.
Network Features
・A ring topology with 150 Mb/s line transmission rate.
・A "Data-Filter" that allows only data stored in shared memory that has changed to be passed to the network for communications to the other nodes.
・No operating or system software required to support network protocol.
・No network-dependent application software required.
・BURST Mode protocol (Error Correction Disabled) with fixed-length message packets of 82-bits.
・BURST PLUS Mode communication based on variable packet size to a maximum of either 256 bytes or 1024 bytes.
・PLATINUM Mode protocol (error correction enabled) with fixed-length message packets of 82-bits.
・PLATINUM PLUS Mode communication based on variable-length message packet size to a maximum of either 256 bytes or 1024 bytes.
・256-node capacity on each ring.
・Dynamic shared-memory addressing
・Custom SIMM memory upgrade option
・Supports bus-level interrupt INTA
・Virtual paging for Shared Memory (CSR selectable)
・Variable-length message packet capability
・Dual-port memory
・Dual memory and error interrupt
・General-purpose Counter
・Error Interrupt Mask
・Single-Slot Solution
・32-bit PCI compliant
・Maximum bus clock speed is 33 MHz
・Less than 1.5 amps @ 5 volts only.
Network Features
・A ring topology with 150 Mb/s line transmission rate.
・A "Data-Filter" that allows only data stored in shared memory that has changed to be passed to the network for communications to the other nodes.
・No operating or system software required to support network protocol.
・No network-dependent application software required.
・BURST Mode protocol (Error Correction Disabled) with fixed-length message packets of 82-bits.
・BURST PLUS Mode communication based on variable packet size to a maximum of either 256 bytes or 1024 bytes.
・PLATINUM Mode protocol (error correction enabled) with fixed-length message packets of 82-bits.
・PLATINUM PLUS Mode communication based on variable-length message packet size to a maximum of either 256 bytes or 1024 bytes.
・256-node capacity on each ring.
