DM&P Vortex86DX CPU

Newly IC technology, Newly memory technology, Built-in legacyI/Os, Support both ISA and PCI
Overview |System Block| Feature |Special Feature | O/S |FAQ | Technical Support 2011/01/24

 What'sNew

 Vortex86 Family Overview

DM&P x86 Semiconductor is proud to provide the Vortex86SX/DX x86 Micro processor, which is based on MPU structure. It is the x86 SoC (System on Chip) with 90nm process and ultra low power consumption design (less than 1 watt). This comprehensive SoC has been integrated many features, such as various I/O (RS-232, Parallel, USB and GPIO), BIOS, WatchDog Timer, Power Management, MTBF counter, LoC (LAN on Chip), JTAG etc., into a BGA packing single chip.

The Vortex86DX is a high performance and fully static 32-bit X86 processor with the compatibility of Windows based, Linux and most popular 32-bit RTOS. It also integrates 32KB write through 4-way L1 cache, 4-way 256KB L2 cache, PCI rev. 2.132-bit bus interface at 33 MHz, DDR2, ROM controller, IPC (Internal Peripheral Controllers with DMA and interrupt timer/counter included), Fast Ethernet, FIFO UART, USB2.0Host and IDE controller within a single 581-pin BGA package to form a system-on-a-chip (SOC). It provides an ideal solution for the embedded system and communications products (such as thin client, NAT router, home gateway, access point and tablet PC) to bring about desired performance.

 System Block Diagram

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 Feature

  • x86 32bit Processor Core
    • 6 stage pipe-line
  • Floating point unit support
  • Embedded I/D Separated L1 Cache
    • 16K I-Cache, 16K D-Cache
  • Embedded L2 Cache
    • 4-wary 256KB L2 Cache
    • Write through or write back policy
  • DDRII Control Interface
    • 16 bits data bus
    • DDRII clock support up to 333MHz
    • DDRII size support up to 1Gbytes
  • IDE Controller
    • Support 2 channels Ultra-DMA 100 (Disk x 4)
    • Primary channel support SD card
  • LPC (Low Pin Count) Bus Interface
    • Support 2 programmable registers to decode LPC address
  • MAC Controller x 1
  • PCI Control Interface
    • Up to 3 sets PCI master device
    • 3.3V I/O
  • ISA Bus Interface
    • AT clock programmable
    • 8/16 Bit ISA device with Zero-Wait-State
    • Generate refresh signals to ISA interface during DRAM refresh cycle
  • DMA Controller
  • Interrupt Controller
  • Counter/Timers
    • 2 sets of 8254 timer controller
    • Timer output is 5V tolerance I/O on 2nd Timer
  • MTBF Counter
  • Real Time Clock (Internal Mode or External Mode)
    • Less than 2uA (3.0V) power consumption in Internal RTC Mode while chip is power-off
  • FIFO UART Port x 5 (5 sets COM Port)
    • Compatible with 16C550/16C552
    • Default internal pull-up
    • Supports the programmable baud rate generator with the data rate from 50 to 460.8Kbps
    • The character options are programmable for 1 start bits; 1, 1.5 or 2 stop bits; even, odd or no parity; 5~8 data bits
    • Support TXD_En Signal on COM1/COM2
    • Port 80h output data could be sent to COM1 by software programming
  • Parallel Port
    • Support SPP/EPP/ECP mode
  • General Chip Selector
    • 2 sets extended Chip Selector
    • I/O-map or Memory-map could be configurable
    • I/O Addressing: From 2 byte to 64K byte
    • Memory Address: From 512 byte to 4G Byte
  • General Programmable I/O
    • Supports 40 dedicated programmable I/O pins
    • Each GPIO pin can be individually configured to be an input/output pin
    • GPIO_P0~GPIO_P3 can be program by 8051
    • GPIO_P0 and GPIO_P1 with interrupt support (input/output)
  • USB 2.0 Host Support
    • Supports HS, FS and LS
    • 4 ports
  • USB 1.1 Device Support
    • 1 port
    • Supports FS with 3 programmable endpoint
  • PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Interface Support
    • Compatible with 8042 controller
  • Redundant System Support
  • Speaker out
  • Embedded 2MB Flash
    • For BIOS storage
    • The Flash could be disable & use external Flash ROM
  • I²C bus x 2
    • Compliant w/t V2.1
    • Some master code (general call, START and CBUS) not support
  • Servo Control interface support
  • General Shift interface support
  • JTAG Interface supported for S.W. debugging
  • Input clock
    • 14.318MHz
    • 32.768KHz
  • Output clock
    • 24 MHz
    • 25 MHz
    • PCI clock
    • ISA clock
    • DDRII clock
  • Operating Voltage Range
    • Core voltage: 0.9 V ~ 1.1V
    • I/O voltage: 1.8V กำ 5% , 3.3 V กำ 10%
  • Operating temperature
    • -40 ~ 85 degree C
  • Package Type
    • 27x27, 581 ball BGA

 Special Feature

  • JTAG interface (built-in)
    • 6-pin connector for MICE function
    • Windows version debugging software
    • Specific cable between JTAG connector and printer port (for remote PC)
    • Powerful and low cost tool for development

  • ISOinChip (built-in)
    • It is a 32 Byte one-time write Flash area
    • Factory will store all necessary data of board (& SoC) in this area for service tracing
    • Necessary data will include:
      • Date code of all major component of the board
      • Model number and serial code of the board
      • Unique serial code of SoC
      • Customer (distributor) code
      • Shipment date, etc.
  • MTBF counter (built-in)
    • One-time write Flash area for number of MTBF hour before shipment
    • Timer count up by "hour"
    • Built-in TTL alert signal will be enabled after time counter over MTBF number

  • Fault tolerance - Redundancy (built-in)
    • Two board must stack (plug) in same ISA bus wire
    • Two board will auto be appointed to master and slave mode while every power-on
    • Two board must execute the same software
    • System switch judge by six kind of fail conditions
    • While system be switched then I/O can also be switched (I/O only include RS232,printer, GPIO, K/B and Mouse)
    • Built-in System Fail Counter

 Datasheet

 DMPVortex86SX/DX/MX Software Programming Reference

 Operating Systems Support


 DOS


 Linux


 Windows 98/2000

  • Ethernet driver: R6040_Win98.zip (44 KB)
    R6040 Ethernet driver for Windows 98.
  • Ethernet driver: R6040_Win2000.zip (42 KB)
    R6040 Ethernet driver for Windows 2000.


 Windows XP Embedded / Windows Embedded Standard 2009


 Windows CE


 QNX

 FAQ

 Technical Support

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