Copyright © 1998, V3 Semiconductor Inc. V960PBC Data Sheet Rev 2.4 1
V960PBC Rev. B2
LOCAL BUS TO PCI BRIDGE
FOR i960Sx PROCESSORS
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• Glueless interface between Intel i960Sx,
processors and PCI bus
• Fully compliant with PCI 2.1 specification
• Configurable for primary master, bus master, or
target operation
• Up to 1Kbyte burst access support on both local
and PCI interface
• 576 bytes of programmable FIFO storage with
DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION™
• Two channel DMA controller
• Enhanced support for 8/16-bit local bus devices
with programmable region size register
• 16 8-bit bi-directional mailbox registers with
doorbell interrupts
• Dual bi-directional address space remapping
• On-the-fly byte order (endian) conversion
• Optional power on serial EEPROM initialization
• I2O ATU and messaging unit including
hardware controlled circular queues
• Flexible PCI and local interrupt management
• Support for real-mode DOS "holes"
• Ability to generate both Type 0 and Type 1
configuration cycles
• 33MHz and 40MHz local bus versions available
with independent PCI operation up to 33MHz
• Low cost 160-pin EIAJ PQFP package
V960PBC provides the highest performance,
most flexible, and most economical method to
directly connect i960Sx processor to the PCI
bus. V961PBC may also be used in systems
without a CPU for a generic PCI master/target
interface.
V960PBC Rev B2 is the first I2O ready PCI
bridge, fully backward compatible with V960PBC
Rev B1. The PCI bus can be run at the full
33MHz frequency, independent of local bus
clock rate. The overall throughput of the system
is dramatically improved by increasing the FIFO
depth and utilizing the unique DYNAMIC
BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION™ architecture.
Access to the PCI bus can be performed through
two programmable address apertures. Two more
apertures are provided for PCI-to-local bus
accesses. There are 32-bytes of read FIFO’s in
each direction, 16-byte dedicated for each
aperture.
V960PBC also includes bi-directional remapping
capabilities, and on-the-fly byte order conversion
Two DMA channels are provided for autonomous
PCI-to-Local/Local-to-PCI transfers. Mailbox
registers and flexible PCI interrupt controllers are
also included to provide a simple mechanism to
emulate PCI device control ports.
The part is available in 160-pin low cost EIAJ
Plastic Quad Flat Pack (PQFP) package.
i960Sx
CPU
V96SSC
MEMORY
CONTROL
D
R
A
M
ROM
V960PBC
LOCAL TO
PCI BRIDGE
TYPICAL APPLICATION
PERIPHERAL
PCI
PCI SLOT or EDGE CONNECTOR