STx GP3SSAMini-ITX storage and security appliance for Freescale PowerQUICC III

STx GP3SSA

	v. 5.4
Architecture:	PowerPC / Power Architecture
Processor group:	Freescale MPC85xx PowerQUICC III
Markets:	storage, networks, Internet appliances
Many of our target-support guides for BlueCat Linux are available for download.
Please consult the board-support guide or contact us for specific platform features supported.

The GP3SSA from STx is a low-cost PowerQUICC III motherboard in Mini-ITX form factor: it can use off-the-shelf cases and power supplies. I/O includes 1394, IDE, PCI, dual mini-PCI, PMC, and copper Gigabit ethernet. This can form the base of your product—just add a PCI card for any missing functionality and shut the lid!

GP3SSA advantages over an x86 motherboard

• Size is small 6.75 square compared to large ATX x86 boards (9.6 square or 9.6 x 12)
• Power Architecture® (PowerPC®) is low-power, fanless (fan could be a point of possible failure), silent
• Reliability is five-nines—industrial temperature and ruggedized offered
• 10-year life cycle or more for boards/parts
• Open Uboot—no bios, no hidden APIs
• Line rate secure, stateful and deterministic (QoS) packet handling

GP3SSA features (MPC8555 and MPC 8541 CPU)

• e500 Book E core available from 800 MHz up to 1.5 GHz
• 32-bit, dual-issue, superscalar, seven-stage pipeline
• Line rate integrated security processor function
• Dual Mini-PCI slots (one on each bus for QoS)
• PMC slot expansion, card-edge PCI slot, and local bus
• ATX power connector
• Dual Gigabit Ethernet
• High-density DDR RAM module
• Flash (boot) up to 32 mbytes
• IDE controller with drive bays for HDD and/or CD-rom
• IEEE 1394 Firewire port
• RTC, enet/serial, COP, JTAG