EnergyCore™ ECX-1000: Technical Specifications

Processor Cores

  • Up to four ARM® Cortex-A9 cores @ 1.1 to 1.4 GHz
  • NEON® technology extensions for multimedia and SIMD processing
  • Integrated FPU for floating point acceleration
  • TrustZone® technology for enhanced security
  • Individual power domains per core to minimize overall power consumption

Cache

  • 32 KB L1 instruction cache per core
  • 32 KB L1 data cache per core
  • 4 MB shared L2 cache with ECC

EnergyCore Fabric Switch

  • Integrated 80Gb (8x8) crossbar switch with through-traffic support
  • Five (5) 10Gb external channels, three (3) 10Gb internal channels
  • Configurable topology capable of connecting up to 4096 nodes
  • Dynamic Link Speed Control from 1Gb to 10Gb to minimize power and maximize performance
  • Network Proxy Support to maintain network presence even with node powered off

EnergyCore Management Engine

  • Separate embedded processor dedicated for systems management
  • Advanced power management with dynamic power capping
  • Dedicated Ethernet MAC for out-of-band communication
  • Supports IPMI 2.0 and DCMI management protocols
  • Remote console support via Serial-over-LAN (SoL)

Integrated Memory Controller

  • 72-bit DDR controller with ECC support
  • 32-bit physical memory addressing
  • Supports DDR3 (1.5V) and DDR3L (1.35V) at 800/1066/1333 MT/s
  • Single and dual rank support with mirroring

PCI Express

  • Four (4) integrated Gen2 PCIe controllers
  • One (1) integrated Gen1 PCIe controller
  • Support for up to two (2) PCIe x8 lanes
  • Support for up to four (4) PCIe x1, x2, or x4 lanes

Networking Interfaces

  • Support 1Gb and 10Gb Ethernet
  • Up to five (5) XAUI 10Gb ports
  • Up to six (6) 1Gb SGMII ports (multiplexed w/XAUI ports)
  • Three (3) 10Gb Ethernet MACs supporting IEEE 802.1Q VLANs, IPv4/6 checksum processing, and TCP/UDP/ICMP checksum offload
  • Support for shared or private management LAN

SATA Controllers

  • Support for up to five (5) SATA disks
  • Compliant with Serial ATA 2.0, AHCI Revision 1.3, and eSATA specifications
  • SATA 1.5Gb/s and 3.0Gb/s speeds supported

SD/eMMC Controller

  • Compliant with SD 3.0 Host and MMC 4.4 (eMMC) specifications
  • Supports 1 and 4-bit SD modes and 1/4/8-bit MMC modes
  • Read/write rates up to 832 Mbps for MMC and up to 416 Mbps for SD

System Integration Features

  • Three (3) I2C interfaces
  • Two (2) SPI (master) interface
  • Two (2) high-speed UART interfaces
  • 64 GPIO/Interrupt pins
  • JTAG debug port