Universe (VMEbus to PCI) Chip

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Introduction

This chapter describes the VMEbus interface on MVME2300 series boards, the CA91C042 Universe ASIC. The Universe chip interfaces the 32/64-bit PCI local bus to the VMEbus. It provides a PCI-bus-to-VMEbus interface, a VMEbus-to-PCI-businterface, and the DMA controller functions of the local VMEbus.

Note that all of the information in this chapter (except the section entitled Universe Chip Problems after PCI Reset) is taken from the Universe User Manual, which is listed under Manufacturers’ Documents in Appendix A, Related Documentation. Refer to that manual for detailed information on the Universe ASIC.

Features

The Universe VMEbus interface chip (CA91C042) provides a reliable high-performance 64-bit VMEbus-to-PCI interface in one device.

Designed by Tundra Semiconductor Corporation in consultation with Motorola, the Universe is compliant with the VME64 specification and is tuned to the new generation of high-speed processors.

The Universe is ideally suited for CPU boards acting as both master and slave in the VMEbus system, and is particularly fitted for PCI local systems. The Universe is manufactured in a CMOS process.

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Motorola MVME2300 Series manual Universe VMEbus to PCI Chip