Clearspeed Advance Accelerator Board

This is the first generation Advance board, based on two CSX600 processors that promise a combined performance capability of 50 GFlops.

This is the first generation Advance board, based on two CSX600 processors that promise a combined performance capability of 50 GFlops.

The Advance board loaded up with 4 1 GB DDR2 modules as it has been shipping since Q4 of last year.

The Advance board loaded up with 4 1 GB DDR2 modules as it has been shipping since Q4 of last year.

Close-up of the board: One of the CSX600 processors as well as the Xilinx Virtex-2 Pro FPGA - a processor that can be reprogrammed after the implementation on the board.

Close-up of the board : One of the CSX600 processors as well as the Xilinx Virtex-2 Pro FPGA - a processor that can be reprogrammed after the implementation on the board.

Yours for about $7000: The new board is shorter due a higher integration: 4 GB of DDR2 memory are now build onto the PCI-X board ...

Yours for about $7000 : The new board is shorter due a higher integration : 4 GB of DDR2 memory are now build onto the PCI-X board ...

... and there are also some hardware upgrades such as a new version of the Xilinx FPGA (Virtex-4).

... and there are also some hardware upgrades such as a new version of the Xilinx FPGA (Virtex-4).

CSX600 processor design with a 96-core MTAP.

CSX600 processor design with a 96-core MTAP.

Interconnects of the processor on the Advance board.

Interconnects of the processor on the Advance board.

Diagram of how applications interact with the accelerator board.

Diagram of how applications interact with the accelerator board.

Clearspeed also delivers a comprehensive software suite to tailor applications to the capabilities of the board. This screenshot shows the debugger.

Clearspeed also delivers a comprehensive software suite to tailor applications to the capabilities of the board. This screenshot shows the debugger.