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Introduction
AM4100
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ID 36126, Rev. 2.0
P R E L I M I N A R Y
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Board-Specific Information
Due to the outstanding features of the AM4100, such as superior processing power and flexible
interconnect topologies, this AMC board provides a highly scalable solution not only for a wide
range of telecom and data network applications, but also for several highly integrated industrial
environment applications with solid mechanical interfacing.
Some of the AM4100's outstanding features are:
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Freescale MPC8641D processor, 1.0 GHz, 400 MHz platform frequency
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Freescale MPC8641D processor, 1.32 GHz, 528 MHz platform frequency
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Freescale MPC8641D processor, 1.5 GHz, 600 MHz platform frequency
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Up to 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM memory with ECC running at 400/528/600 MHz
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AMC interconnection
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Two Gigabit SerDes connections in the Common Options Region
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x4 PCI Express connection in the Fat Pipes Region (operates as a root complex con-
troller) or alternatively x4 Serial RapidIO interface in the Fat Pipes Region (operates
as host or as agent)
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Two Gigabit SerDes connections in the Fat Pipes Region (optional)
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Serial port in the Extended Options Region
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Debug port in the Extended Options Region
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PCI Express clock reference input, FCLKA
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Full hot swap support
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NAND Flash Controller for up to 4 GB memory
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One serial port on Front I/O (RS232)
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Two Gigabit Ethernet ports on Front I/O
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Two redundant NetBootLoader (NBL) Firmware Flash chips (2 x 4 MB)
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Dedicated IPMI Module Management Controller (MMC) with redundant MMC Firmware
Flash
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Watchdog Timer
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JTAG interface for debugging and manufacturing purposes
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Four bicolor debug LEDs
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Standard temperature range: -5°C to + 55°C
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Passive heat sink solution (system air flow required)
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Single Mid-size and Full-size AMC module
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Designed to be compliant with the following specifications:
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PICMG AMC.0, Advanced Mezzanine Card Specification R2.0
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PICMG AMC.1, PCI Express and Advanced Switching R1.0
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PICMG AMC.2, Gigabit Ethernet R1.0
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PICMG AMC.4, Serial RapidIO (Draft 0.4)
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PICMG MTCA.0 Micro Telecommunications Computing Architecture R1.0
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IPMI - Intelligent Platform Management Interface Specification, v2.0, R1.0
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Kontron NetBootLoader