Sundance SMT398VP - Manual (Page 10)

3. ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS
3.1. ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
TIM Texas Instruments Module
TI© DSP Texas Instrument Digital Signal Processor
Xilinx©
FPGA Xilinx© Field Programmable Gate Array.
QDR Quad Data Rate
CP ComPort. Communication interface
SDB Sundance Digital Bus. Communication interface
SHB Sundance High-Speed Bus. Communication interface
RSL Rocket io Serial Link. Communication interface
MGT Multi Gigabit Transceiver
3.2. DEFINITIONS
DSP Module Typically a TIM module hosting a TI DSP and, a Xilinx FPGA.
FPGA-only Module A TIM with no on-board DSP, where the FPGA provides all
functionality.
Firmware A proprietary FPGA design providing some sort of functionality.
Sundance Firmware is the firmware running in an FPGA of a DSP
module.
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