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Based around a Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA, the AMC-V7 is a high performance FPGA-based interface and processing module for wireless baseband applications. It is a single width, mid-size Advanced Mezzanine Card form factor. The module is ideal for LTE wireless front-end applications requiring multiple CPRI links at up to rate option 8 (20x, 10.138Gbps line rate) and is also suitable for any FPGA processing application, especially where optical interfacing or SRIO support is required.

The AMC-V7-2C6678 is a high performance DSP/FPGA card. It is powered by the latest Texas Instruments TMS320C6678 multicore DSPs plus a Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA. The module also provides fast, flexible I/O including Serial RapidIO (SRIO), Gigabit Ethernet and PCI Express. It is ideal for a range of high performance DSP/FPGA processing applications including telecoms and image processing.

The AMC-V7-2C6678 includes a high density XC7VX415T-2 Virtex-7 FPGA as standard, with other FPGA options available on request. Virtex-7 FPGAs provide high DSP performance and I/O bandwidth, with best-in-class total power consumption that is 50% less than the previous generation.

The board includes a single front panel SFP+ optical interface that links directly to the FPGA, plus a single mini-SAS connector linked to the SRIO switch. Should applications require timing and synchronisation, this is achieved via the front panel or backplane clock I/O, enabling the module to sync easily to other equipment.

The AMC-V7-2C6670 is a high performance DSP/FPGA card designed for wireless processing applications including 4G, LTE and LTE Advanced. There are two Texas Instruments TMS320C6670 multicore DSPs and a Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA.

An IDT CPS-1848 Gen2 SRIO switch provides off-board communications at up to 25Gbaud per port. Flexible high-speed optical links, suitable for a range of applications, are provided by three front panel SFP+ optical interfaces at up to 10.3 Gbaud, which link to either the FPGA or DSPs (specified at purchase).

The AMC-V7-2C6670 includes a high density XC7VX415T-2 Virtex-7 FPGA. Other FPGA options are available.

Should applications require timing and synchronisation, this is achieved via the front panel or backplane clock I/O, enabling the module to sync easily to other equipment.

Features include:
2 Texas Instruments TMS320C6670 DSPs each with 4 1.2GHz C66x cores
Xilinx Virtex-7 VX415T FPGA
3 SFP+ sockets connected to the FPGA GTH ports or optionally to the DSP AIF2 ports
Gen2 RapidIO infrastructure between DSPs, FPGA, front panel and AMC.4
Optional GPS receiver
Full Gigabit Ethernet infrastructure
Single width, full-size AMC card