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Figure 2.2 is a block diagram of the rp5450 architecture. The rp5450 uses the “Astro” CEC, which
was specifically designed to provide no-compromise features and performance at a low-end price
point. Integrated within the single “Astro” chip is the memory and I/O controllers, with several
peripheral application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) to control and drive the specific I/O and
memory buses.
The integrated rp5450 CEC design contributes to a significant reduction in memory latency over that
found in competitive systems. The memory controller supports two sets of integrated 8-slot memory
arrays, providing a total of sixteen DIMM slots.
The rp5450 uses a single 82.5MHz runway bus to provide 1.3GB/s of bandwidth to four PA-8600
or PA-8500 processors. The I/O controller in the rp5450 provides eight 250MB/s data channels.
This means an aggregate bandwidth of 2.1GB/s is available to the PCI slots and multi-function core
I/O.
The rp5400 architecture is similar to the rp5450. However, only half of the memory, processor, and
I/O capacity is utilized.
Figure 2.2 rp5450 architecture
System Speeds and Feeds
System bus bandwidth 1.3GB/s
Memory bus bandwidth 1.3GB/s
I/O bandwidth total 2.1GB/s
Shared
PCI slots
Latency
Memory
Controller
CPU
slots
Multifunction
Core I/O
System Management
Ports
10/100Base-TX LAN console port
hot-plug Ultra2
SCSI disks
DAT internal
removable media
Hot-Plug PCI
Turbo slots
CPU
CPU
CPU
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