I/O module packs FPGA, four SRIO ports, PCIe

Innovative Integration has released the X5-COM XMC IO module that features a Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA, four 4.125Gbit/ss serial Rapid IO (SRIO) ports, and a PCI Express host interface. The X5-COM targets compute-intensive applications such as Ethernet packet processing, encryption and test.

The module implements Innovative's Velocia architecture featuring an 8-lane PCIe interface that provides over 1GBps sustained transfer rates to the host. Four additional private SRIO links with over 800MBps capacity are provided for system integration.

The X5 family can be fully customized using VHDL and MATLAB using the FrameWork Logic toolset. The MATLAB BSP supports real-time hardware-in-the-loop development using the graphical, block diagram Simulink environment with Xilinx System Generator. Software tools for host development include C++ libraries and drivers for Windows and Linux.

- Kenton Williston
DSP DesignLine