Copyright © 1998, V3 Semiconductor Inc. V961PBC Data Sheet Rev 2.4 1
V961PBC Rev. B2
LOCAL BUS TO PCI BRIDGE
FOR MULTIPLEXED A/D PROCESSORS
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• Glueless interface between Intel i960Jx, IBM
PPC401Gx, 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
V961PBC provides the highest performance,
most flexible, and most economical method to
directly connect i960Jx or PPC401Gx processors
to the PCI bus. V961PBC is also a suitable
candidate for a variety of 32-bit multiplexed local
bus applications based on Motorola, IBM, Intel
embedded processors - where a minimal amount
of glue logic is required. V961PBC may also be
used in systems without a CPU for a generic PCI
master/target interface.
V961PBC Rev B2 is the first I2O ready PCI
bridge, fully backward compatible with V292PBC
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. V961PBC 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.
i960Jx
PPC401Gx
CPU
V96BMC
MEMORY
CONTROL
D
R
A
M
ROM
V961PBC
LOCAL TO
PCI BRIDGE
TYPICAL APPLICATION
PERIPHERAL
PCI
PCI SLOT or EDGE CONNECTOR