Selection of a new PowerPC CPU Board

[Tim Mooney <mooney@aps.anl.gov>]

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Gentlemen,

I have been tasked with recommending a new standard CPU board to
eventually
replace the Motorola MVME167/177 boards currently used at APS when more
processing power is required.  In order to help me do this I would
appreciate
your opinions of what you think the requirements of this board should be
from
your experience.  This questionnaire should take no more than a few
minutes to
complete.  Please forward it to anyone else who you think could provide
valuable input into this recommendation process.

Responses by January 22nd please.

Thank-you,

- Andrew Johnson (APS-ASD) <anj@aps.anl.gov>

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Some basic assumptions:
	VME CPU Board with System Controller (slot 1) capability
	Onboard RAM (128Mb Max or more) &amp; basic I/O (Serial, Ethernet)
	VxWorks/Tornado Board Support Package available
	CPU will be a PowerPC processor of some kind
	Must be significantly faster than MVME177 CPUs
	Built by a reputable manufacturer
	Commercial standard (not ruggedized or mil spec etc.)

Using one of the following codes 0 through 5 and X,
	0 = Forbidden,
	1 = Undesirable,
	2 = Unlikely to be used/needed,
	3 = Might be useful,
	4 = Highly desirable,
	5 = Essential
	X = Don't know/care

please rate these features:

   [ ]	VME64
   [ ]	5 Row VME64 extension connectors
   [ ]	100 Mbps Ethernet port
   [ ]	More than 1 serial port
   [ ]	4 Serial ports
   [ ]	Serial &amp; Net I/O pin-compatible with MVME162/167/177
   [ ]	On-board SCSI port (Ultra-, Wide- etc)
   [ ]	Other I/O on-board (keyboard, mouse, floppy etc)
   [ ]	Uses the latest PowerPC 750 CPU
   [ ]	Level 2 Cache
   [ ]	Speed matters more than price
   [ ]	1 PCI-bus (PMC) I/O slot
   [ ]	2 PCI-bus (PMC) I/O slots
   [ ]	VxWorks/Tornado BSP written by Wind River Systems
   [ ]	Range of similar boards available
   [ ]	Motorola board


Any other requirements, or features you need or believe would be
generally useful from a new CPU board:

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