Motorola MVME172 ユーザーズマニュアル

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Functional Description
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Clocking Environments and Performance
The IP2 chip has two clock domains. The majority of the logic is controlled 
by the MC68060 local bus clock which can be 25 MHz or 32 MHz. The 
IndustryPack interface is controlled by the IndustryPack clock. The 
IndustryPack clock can be 8 MHz or set equal to the local bus clock. When 
logic signals cross from one clock domain to another, they must be 
synchronized to the new clock frequency. The latency time due this 
synchronization is generally hidden due to the FIFOs in the data path. 
However, there are two functions where the latency time affects 
performance. One of them is when a local bus master such at the MC68060 
accesses an IndustryPack resource, such as reading back to back memory 
locations. One to two IP clock cycles of overhead is associated with this 
function. The other is when arbitration logic must resolve inputs from both 
clock domains to determine which IndustryPack will be granted DMA 
service. There are two IP clock cycles of overhead associated with this 
function. The following table explains the effect of this latency for given 
clocking environments.
The bandwidth which is specified in the following table is the available 
bandwidth to the IndustryPack bus. This bandwidth can be split between 
one, two, three, or four IP modules.