Sundance Special University Offers by Sundance Multiprocessor Technolgy Ltd.

RASS 2.0 Reconfigurable Computing Kit Features >>>>  FPGA Cluster of multiple nodes  Four Xilinx Virtex-5 FX100T devices  Embedded PowerPC440 processor cores  On-board 8GB DDR2 SDRAM  USB 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet  Customizable I/O signals  Standalone development platform  Integration possible in 1U rack or chassis Overview >>>>

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The reconfigurable, accelerating, scalable, supercomputing (RASS) developers’ platform is the second generation of computing cluster kits from Sundance.

This hardware and software bundle offer comes with full documentation, software examples, a complete system demo application, and all necessary to getting started fast.

RASS 2.0 is a modular cluster system built around a scalable multiprocessor architecture based on a matrix of Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA nodes and embedded PowerPC440 controller cores.

The support forum is available as an online technical support resource. Custom development or support contracts may also be purchased to get premium accompaniment during the full length of the project.

The fastest in the range XC5VFX100T-3C FPGA nodes can be interconnected using Xilinx MGT Links to sustain the highest data rates between all the network of processors.

Applications

 High-end Parallel Computing Research  Accelerated DSP Simulation RASS is an I/O customizable development platform to a  Supercomputing system architecture variety of communication interfaces: USB, Gigabit Ethernet, SATA, FireWire, RS-232, LVTTL and LVDS I/Os.  Low-cost ASIC emulation and prototyping

Sundance University Program >>>> The Sundance University Program was founded in 1996 with leading digital signal processing component manufacturers Texas Instruments and Xilinx. The program’s key benefit is an access to a powerful development platform featuring DSP/FPGA architectures fully integrated with third-party development tools including 3L’s Diamond multiprocessor tool-suite, RTW-EC and HDLcoder from the MathWorks, comprehensive VHDL and Verilog support from EDA vendors, and Co-developer and a growing range of IP-Cores from Impulse. Sundance has more than 150+ university customers using the Sundance hardware for their research projects and activities. Sundance provides most of the tools internally developed for free, and offers up to 50% discount on our published price list. For more information, please contact your regional sales manager.

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RadioGIGA 2.0 Multi-channel Radio Development Kit Features >>>>  Six 8-bit, 1000MSPS A/D channels  I/Q compliant signal receivers  External synchronization and triggering  Xilinx Virtex-5 and Virtex-4 FPGA matrix  Two 1GHz C6455 DSP processors  USB 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet  Customizable I/O signals  Standalone development platform Overview >>>>

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The Sundance radio gigahertz development platform provides designers with a cross technology platform (XTP) that is flexible, user configurable by processing fabric, architecture, communication ports and protocol.

This hardware and software bundle offer comes with full documentation, software examples, a complete system demo application, and all necessary to getting started fast.

RadioGIGA 2.0 integrates cutting edge multiprocessor technologies and backwards compatibility with already deployed architectures.

Up to six low-power GHz A/D receivers enable RF-to baseband processing applications with an architecture based on a heterogeneous network of Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA reconfigurable co-processors, embedded PowerPC440 and two main C6455 DSP processors. RadioGIGA 2.0 offers both USB 2.0 and Gigabit Ethernet for remote network interconnect.

Applications  Multiple-inputs, multiple-outputs satellite digital radios  Software defined MIMO Radar transceivers  Wideband I/Q software radio equipments  Reconfigurable multichannel C4ISR applications

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DVIP 2.0 Digital Video Infrastructure Kit Features >>>>  165MHz DVI input and DVI output channels  Multiple NTSC/PAL/RGB video I/Os  720MHz DM642 Multimedia DSP processor  Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGA with PowerPC matrix  Two 1GHz C6455 fixed-point DSP cores  USB 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet  Customizable I/O signals  Standalone development platform Overview >>>>

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Responding to the need for high bandwidth in HD video applications for broadcast, surveillance and compression technologies, Sundance’s digital video infrastructure platform (DVIP) offers a complete and fully integrated solution for digital video recorders and displays.

This hardware and software bundle offer comes with full documentation, software examples, a complete system demo application, and all necessary to getting started fast.

Built on a modular and scalable multiprocessing concept, DVIP 2.0 leverages the performance and flexibility of two Texas Instruments’ 1GHz C6455 digital signal processor and a DM642 DSP-based digital media processor. The 1GHz DSPs allow multiple processors to be connected via SRIO interface. Additionally, the development platforms incorporates Xilinx Virtex-4 FX60 FPGA devices with the capacity to implement FPGA IP cores to perform real-time encoding and decoding.

Applications  Multichannel digital video recorder CCTV systems  Embedded vision equipments for airborne drones  DVI/HDMI video signal equalizers and testers  Medical X-ray imaging and microscopy line-scanners

SRIO

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MGTs

SDR 4.0 “Gigabit” Software Defined Radio Kit Features >>>>  Dual 8-bit, 1000MSPS A/D channels  Dual 14-bit, 1000MSPS D/A channels  External synchronization and triggering  Xilinx Virtex-5 and Virtex-4 FPGA matrix  Two 1GHz C6455 DSP processors  USB 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet  Customizable I/O signals  Standalone development platform Overview >>>>

Training courses and technical support

The Sundance software defined radio (SDR) “baseband” developers’ platform is the new generation of applicationspecific programming kits from Sundance.

This hardware and software bundle offer comes with full documentation, software examples, a complete system demo application, and all necessary to getting started fast.

SDR 4.0 is a modular digital radio architecture system built around a scalable multiprocessor architecture based on a matrix of Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA nodes, embedded PowerPC440 and multiple C6455 DSP processors.

Intermediate frequency manipulations are handled by two data acquisition and waveform generator channels, each featuring dual 8-bit, 1000MSPS digitizers, and dual 14-bit 1000MSPS D/A converters.

Applications

 Multiple-inputs, multiple-outputs satellite digital radios  Software defined MIMO Radar transceivers SDR 4.0 is customizable and the development platform has a variety of communication ports: USB 2.0 and Gigabit  Wideband I/Q software radio equipments  Reconfigurable multichannel C4ISR applications Ethernet for remote network re-configurations. Sundance University Program >>>> The Sundance University Program was founded in 1996 with leading digital signal processing component manufacturers Texas Instruments and Xilinx. The program’s key benefit is an access to a powerful development platform featuring DSP/FPGA architectures fully integrated with third-party development tools including 3L’s Diamond multiprocessor tool-suite, RTW-EC and HDLcoder from the MathWorks, comprehensive VHDL and Verilog support from EDA vendors, and Co-developer and a growing range of IP-Cores from Impulse. Sundance has more than 150+ university customers using the Sundance hardware for their research projects and activities. Sundance provides most of the tools internally developed for free, and offers up to 50% discount on our published price list. For more information, please contact your regional sales manager.

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SDR 3.0 Software Defined Radio “Baseband” Kit Features >>>>  FPGA Cluster and two 1GHz DSP cores  Dual 14-bit, 250MSPS A/D channels  Dual 16-bit, 800MSPS D/A channels  External synchronization and triggering  USB 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet  Customizable I/O signals  Standalone development platform  Integration possible in 1U rack or chassis Overview >>>>

Training courses and technical support

The Sundance software defined radio (SDR) “baseband” developers’ platform is the new generation of applicationspecific programming kits from Sundance.

This hardware and software bundle offer comes with full documentation, software examples, a complete system demo application, and all necessary to getting started fast.

SDR 3.0 is a modular digital radio architecture system built around a scalable multiprocessor architecture based on a matrix of Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA nodes, embedded PowerPC440 and multiple C6455 DSP processors.

Intermediate frequency manipulations are handled by two data acquisition and waveform generator channels, each featuring dual 14-bit, 250MSPS digitizers, and dual 16-bit 800MSPS D/A converters.

Applications

 Cognitive radio networks  Data acquisition feedback for high-energy physics SDR 3.0 is customizable and the development platform has a variety of communication ports: USB 2.0 and Gigabit  Hardware-in-the-loop SDR waveforms testing  Military and public safety telecoms Ethernet for remote network re-configurations. Sundance University Program >>>> The Sundance University Program was founded in 1996 with leading digital signal processing component manufacturers Texas Instruments and Xilinx. The program’s key benefit is an access to a powerful development platform featuring DSP/FPGA architectures fully integrated with third-party development tools including 3L’s Diamond multiprocessor tool-suite, RTW-EC and HDLcoder from the MathWorks, comprehensive VHDL and Verilog support from EDA vendors, and Co-developer and a growing range of IP-Cores from Impulse. Sundance has more than 150+ university customers using the Sundance hardware for their research projects and activities. Sundance provides most of the tools internally developed for free, and offers up to 50% discount on our published price list. For more information, please contact your regional sales manager.

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WiMAX 2.0 Wireless Developer’s Kit Features >>>>  Dual Rx and Tx Wireless channel I/Os  Two 1GHz C6455 DSP processors  Xilinx Virtex-5 FX100T devices  Embedded PowerPC440 processor cores  USB 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet  Customizable I/O signals  Standalone development platform  Integration possible in 1U rack or chassis Overview >>>>

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Sundance’s Wireless developer’s platform is an advanced solution featuring a complete baseband and integrated RF section designed to develop “Wireless” applications.

This hardware and software bundle offer comes with full documentation, software examples, a complete system demo application, and all necessary to getting started fast.

WiMAX 2.0 is a flexible hardware solution which consists of dual RF transceivers operating from 2.3GHz to 2.7GHz bands connected to two receiving and two transmitting antennas. High-resolution dual 12-bit, 50MSPS A/D and 12-bit, 200MSPS D/A converters are used for the RF/IF signal conversions. Baseband processing is directly handled by the two 1GHz C6455 DSP processors, and the Virtex-5 FX100T FPGA. Xilinx MGT links interconnect the multiple DSP processors and FPGA resources.

WiMAX 2.0 is a core kit that can be extended to many MIMO channels.

Applications  WiMAX testbeds  IPTV with video on demand solutions  Hotspots and cellular backhaul simulations  Military secured wireless transmissions

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MIMO 4x4 Multichannel Wireless Developer’s Kit Features >>>>  Quad Rx and Tx Wireless channel I/Os  Two 1GHz C6455 DSP processors  Two Xilinx Virtex-5 FX100T devices  Embedded PowerPC440 processor cores  USB 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet  Customizable I/O signals  Standalone development platform  Integration possible in 1U rack or chassis Overview >>>>

Training courses and technical support

Sundance’s Wireless developer’s platform is an advanced solution featuring a complete baseband and integrated RF section designed to develop “Wireless” applications.

This hardware and software bundle offer comes with full documentation, software examples, a complete system demo application, and all necessary to getting started fast.

MIMO 4x4 is a flexible hardware solution which consists of four RF transceivers for 2.4GHz and 5GHz ISM bands connected to two receiving and two transmitting antennas. High-resolution dual 12-bit, 50MSPS A/D and 12-bit, 200MSPS D/A converters are used for the RF/IF signal conversions. Baseband processing is directly handled by the two 1GHz C6455 DSP processors, and two Virtex-5 FX100T FPGA. Xilinx MGT Links interconnect the multiple DSP processors and FPGA resources.

MIMO 4x4 is a core platform that can be duplicated to architect “n x m” MIMO channels.

Applications  MIMO long-term evolution (LTE) testbeds  OFDM waveforms implementations  Wireless smart grid applications  Military ground vehicular radio transmissions

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MIMO 2x2 Wireless Developer’s Kit Features >>>>  Dual Rx and Tx Wireless channel I/Os  Two 1GHz C6455 DSP processors  Xilinx Virtex-5 FX100T devices  Embedded PowerPC440 processor cores  USB 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet  Customizable I/O signals  Standalone development platform  Integration possible in 1U rack or chassis Overview >>>>

Training courses and technical support

Sundance’s Wireless developer’s platform is an advanced solution featuring a complete baseband and integrated RF section designed to develop “Wireless” applications.

This hardware and software bundle offer comes with full documentation, software examples, a complete system demo application, and all necessary to getting started fast.

MIMO 2x2 is a flexible hardware solution which consists of dual RF transceivers for 2.4GHz and 5GHz ISM bands connected to two receiving and two transmitting antennas. High-resolution dual 12-bit, 50MSPS A/D and 12-bit, 200MSPS D/A converters are used for the RF/IF signal conversions. Baseband processing is directly handled by the two 1GHz C6455 DSP processors, and the Virtex-5 FX100T FPGA. Xilinx MGT Links interconnect the multiple DSP processors and FPGA resources.

MIMO 2x2 is a core platform that can be duplicated to architect “n x m” MIMO channels.

Applications  MIMO long-term evolution (LTE) testbeds  OFDM waveforms implementations  Wireless smart grid applications  Military ground vehicular radio transmissions

MGTs

PWR DETECT. A and B

SRIO

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