StarFabric - a net of PCI bus

The bridge boards extend your PCI bus and connect it to other PCI or Compact PCI systems - and that at distances upto 13 meters in each case. Permitting, for instance, a single low priced Pc CPU to control more than 1,000 Compact PCI system components - with data transfer rates of up to 800 MBytes per second. Greatest benefit to you: The bridge mode (transparent function) does not require additional software drivers that slow down your system.

 

Applications

• Embedded distributed processing systems
• Communication equipment
• Video and imaging systems
• Storage subsystem
• Computer clusters
• Industrial control and automation systems
• Control of industrial I/O systems by a fast desktop PC

StarFabric features:

• 400 Mbits / sec total sustained bandwidth
• Zero protocol, PCI to PCI transfers converted to packet which automatically route through the fabric
• 64-bit, 66 Mhz PCI interface
• PCI to StarFabric bridge (2 ports)
• Gateway to PCI (2 ports)
• Quality of Service features for real time determinism
• Robust LVDS physical layer
• High availability features
• Low power operation