Functional Description; Powerpc Processor; Figure 3-1 Block Diagram - GE IMP2B Hardware Reference Manual

3 • Functional Description

Figure 3-1 Block Diagram

3.1 PowerPC Processor

The PowerPC processor used on the IMP2B is a Freescale MPC7448, clocked at up to
1.4 GHz. This is a 32-bit superscalar RISC processor with the following features:
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The processor implements a fully static architecture and offers sophisticated power
management capabilities, including Dynamic Frequency Switching, Dynamic Power
Management and Instruction Cache Throttling.
More information on the MPC7448 can be found on the Freescale website.
16 IMP2B 3U cPCI Single Board Computer
64-bit external data bus
On-chip 32 KByte L1 instruction and data caches
On-chip 1 MByte L2 cache running at core frequency
Altivec Vector Unit
Enhanced branch prediction capabilities
MMU and integral FPU
LINK
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/library/docu_lib.jsp
Publication No. IMP2B-0HH/5