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  • Order of the Butterfly
    Order of the Butterfly
    cip060
    Posts: 153 from 2010/7/30
    tyche_prototype.jpg
    Power Progress Community and ACube Systems are happy to announce the new Powerboard Tyche motherboard. This board was created to bring 64-bit Power Architecture performance to the desktops of enthusiasts, developers, and supporters of the Open Source Hardware movement.

    Based around the NXP T2080 processor, the board offers modern features for high-performance computing, next-generation PCI Express slots, NVMe support, and high-speed storage options.

    This is the complete features list:

    Form Factor: Micro ATX (fully compatible with most standard PC cases and power supplies on the market)
    CPU: NXP T2080 processor, 64-bit e6500 Power architecture with Vector AltiVec technology
    Core & Performance: 4 physical dual-threaded e6500 cores (8 logical threads), 2 MB low-latency backside L2 cache, 16 GFLOPS per core
    RAM: 2-slot 64-bit DDR3/3L SDRAM memory controller with ECC support
    NVMe SSD: 1x M.2 NVM Express Gen 3 slot and 1x M.2 NVM Express Gen 2 slot for ultra-high-speed solid-state drives
    SATA: 2x SATA2 ports (Sil3132 controller) for traditional HDDs/SSDs
    Primary Video Slot: 1x PCIe 3.0 (x4 electrical, x16 mechanical) to support modern graphics cards
    Secondary Expansion Slots: 1x PCIe 2.0 x4 open-ended slot (mechanically compatible with x16 cards) and 1x PCIe 2.0 x1 slot
    HD Audio: Dedicated C-Media 8828 audio chip
    Audio I/O: Analog jacks (3x2) for Audio IN and surround/stereo Audio OUT; Digital optical and RCA inputs and outputs
    Ethernet: 2x Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 connectors for advanced network configurations and redundancy
    Rear Panel USB Ports: 2x USB 3.0 + 2x USB 2.0
    Internal USB Headers: 2x USB 3.0 headers for case front ports
    Card Reader: 1x Integrated SDHC card reader
    Advanced I/O / Debug: Pre-equipped for secondary diagnostic/debugging displays via a dedicated bus (SPI/GPIO) during the booting phase

    Notes: Project developed in collaboration between Power Progress Community & ACube Systems. Embracing the Open Source Hardware philosophy with transparent and open schematics, the board is fully supported by 64-bit Linux distributions (Debian, Fienix, etc.).

    For more details and to support the production of prototypes, visit powerpc-notebook.org.
  • »26.09.26 - 16:37
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
    Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
    polluks
    Posts: 848 from 2007/10/23
    From: Gelsenkirchen,...
    Code:

    |                      | **Tyche Desktop**                | **Mirari current**                                    |
    | -------------------- | -------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
    | **CPU**              | **NXP T2080**                    | T1042                                                 |
    | **CPU architecture** | e6500, PPC64                     | e5500, PPC64                                          |
    | Cores                | 4                                | 4                                                     |
    | Hardware threads     | **8**                            | 4                                                     |
    | AltiVec/VMX          | **Yes**                          | No                                                    |
    | CPU clock            | up to ~1.8 GHz                   | ~1.5 GHz                                              |
    | L2 cache             | 2 MB backside                    | 2 MB backside                                         |
    | RAM                  | 2× DDR3/DDR3L DIMM               | DDR3L SODIMM                                          |
    | ECC                  | **Yes**                          | apparently no                                         |
    | NVMe                 | 2× M.2                           | 2× M.2                                                |
    | SATA                 | 2× SATA2                         | 2× SATA2, with limitations depending on configuration |
    | Main PCIe            | **PCIe 3.0 ×4**, ×16 physical    | PCIe 2.0 ×4, ×16 physical                             |
    | Secondary PCIe       | PCIe 2.0 ×4                      | PCIe 2.0 ×1/×4 arrangement                            |
    | Audio                | C-Media 8828                     | onboard audio                                         |
    | Ethernet             | 2× GbE                           | 2× GbE                                                |
    | USB                  | **USB 3.0 + USB 2.0**            | USB 3.0 via controller + USB 2.0                      |
    | SD                   | Yes                              | Yes                                                   |
    | Form factor          | Micro-ATX                        | Micro-ATX                                             |
    | Intended OS          | Linux; AmigaOS/MorphOS potential | **AmigaOS 4 + MorphOS + Linux**                       |
    Pegasos II G4: MorphOS 3.9, Zalman M220W · iMac G5 12,1 17", MorphOS 3.18
    Power Mac G3: OSX 10.3 · PowerBook 5,8: OSX 10.5, MorphOS 3.18
  • »28.09.26 - 09:19
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
    Yokemate of Keyboards
    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12572 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    Quote:

    Code:

    |                      | **Tyche Desktop**                | **Mirari current**                                    |
    | -------------------- | -------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
    | L2 cache             | **2 MB backside**                | 2 MB                                                  |
    | Secondary PCIe       | PCIe 2.0 ×4                      | PCIe 2.0 ×1/×4 arrangement                            |
    | USB                  | **USB 3.0 + USB 2.0**            | USB 3.0 via controller + USB 2.0                      |




    L2 cache: It's "backside" in both chips. The difference is something else: T2080 has a shared 2 MiB L2 cache for all 4 cores, while T1042 has a dedicated 256 KiB L2 cache per core. L3 cache is also different (512 KiB vs. 256 KiB).

    Secondary PCIe: Tyche Desktop also has a PCIe ×1 slot.

    USB: If Mirari's USB 3.0 is on a PCIe card, it shouldn't be in this table. If it's sold/installed compulsorily with the card, then the PCIe ×1 slot is occupied and should be removed from the table instead.
  • »28.09.26 - 10:10
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  • Moderator
    Kronos
    Posts: 2581 from 2003/2/24
    Quote:

    Andreas_Wolf wrote:

    USB: If Mirari's USB 3.0 is on a PCIe card,


    USB3 is onboard for Mirari, 2 Ports on the back (ATX IO shield) and a standard USB3 header (for the front, top or side depending on your case).
  • »28.09.26 - 12:19
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
    Yokemate of Keyboards
    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12572 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    > USB3 is onboard for Mirari

    Thanks for the clarification. The addition "via controller" in the Mirari column is strange then as USB 3.0 is also provided via (on-board) controller on the Tyche Desktop.
  • »28.09.26 - 13:07
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