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"Yellowstone" PPC 440GR Evaluation Kit
The AMCC 440GR evaluation kit provides users with a comprehensive set of resources to evaluate the 440GR processor as well as to start their system development.
The Yellowstone evaluation board, incorporating the industry-standard Linux operating system and U-Boot firmware, is an optimized, low-cost platform designed specifically for evaluation purposes.
Schematics and layout files for the board are provided so that customers can start their designs from a proven baseline. Likewise, the Linux code and U-Boot firmware source are available to accelerate customers´ software development.
The kit includes evaluation copies of advanced software development tools and operating systems from multiple suppliers, to assist customers in selecting the most appropriate development and run-time environments. Advanced diagnostics, which can be licensed by customers, perform in-dGRth testing of the processor and evaluation board. Industrystandard benchmarks are supplied to support customers´ performance analysis of the processor, while sample applications provide a starting-point for software development and utilities assist in system configuration.
Yellowstone Board
The Yellowstone board, with an approximate 5" x 7" form factor, is a custom-designed platform, developed by Embedded Planet, for evaluating the 440GR processor:
