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Digital Signal Processors

Curtiss-Wright Controls' Advanced Multi-Computing business unit builds high-performance digital signal processing computing solutions tailored to the needs of the most demanding defense applications such as radar, sonar, signal intelligence and image processing. Our digital signal processing products are founded on the principle of focusing on high-integrity design aimed at harsh environment applications, backed by customer support and lifecycle management to support the programmatic needs of defense customers. DSP products match these attributes with technology targeted to high-performance real-time data processing applications that demand multiple processors, FPGA compute engines, fabric interconnect and software to develop and debug complex systems. The Advanced MultiComputing business unit offers technology and support to solve any military/aerospace signal processing problem. We craft systems based on the following technology building blocks.

• Multi-processor PowerPC and Intel Core i7 boards
• Xilinx Virtex family  FPGA-based reconfigurable compute engines
• VME, VPX (VITA 46/48), PMC, and XMC form factors
• Serial RapidIO and StarFabric high-speed switched serial interconnect
• High-performance serial FPDP PMC modules for sensor interfaces
• High-speed A/D PMC modules for digital radio, signal intelligence applications
• High performance inter-processor communication (IPC) libraries
• Signal Processing Libraries optimized for Altivec and SSE

Use the left-hand navigation menu to browse through our digital signal processing products, or choose your product from the chart below. denotes latest generation products
>> Click here to learn more about our DSP Design Process 

Intel Processing

PowerPC Processing

Product Name	Form Factor	Processor(s)	Memory	I/O	Ruggedization
CHAMP-AV6	6U VPX/ VITA 46/48	Quad 8640 1GHz	Up to 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, 256MB Flash	1x 8-lane PCIe XMC 4x EIA-232 2x EIA-422 2x Gbe On-board Switch 16x LVTTL I/O 4x SRIO Or 3x SRIO, 1 x PCIe	AC 0, 100 CC 100, 200 CC VITA 48.2, Type I
CHAMP-AV IV	6U VME	Quad 7447A/7448 1 GHz - 1.25GHz	Up to 2 GB DDR SDRAM, 256MB Flash	2x 64-bit/100MHz PMC 4x EIA-232 2x Gbe On-board Switch,  8x LVTTL I/O	AC 0, 100 CC 100, 200
HPE720	6U VPX/ VITA 46/48	8640 or 8641 1GHz - 1.33GHz, 2x Virtex-5 FPGAs	8641: 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, 128MB Flash and 128KB NvSRAM per FPGA: 4x 9MB QDRII SRAM, 2x 512MB DDR2 and 16MB Flash	2x FMC OR 1x FMC and 1 P/XMC, 2x Gbe onboard, RocketIO, 2x SRIO, 1x 8-lane PCIe	AC 0
VPF2	6U VXS/ VITA 41 and VME	8641D, 1x Virtex-5 FPGAs	8641: 2GB DDR2 SDRAM and 128MB Flash per FPGA: 4x 9MB QDRII SRAM, 2x 128MB DDR2 SDRAM, 32MB Flash	1x P/XMC, 2x Gbe onboard, 1x EIA-232, RocketIO, VME	AC 0 CC 100
VPF1	6U VXS/ VITA 41 and VME	2x 7447A/7448 1GHz, 2x Virtex-II Pro FPGAs	per 744x: 256MB SDRAM and 64MB Flash per FPGA: 128MB DDR SDRAM and 4x 2MB QDR SRAM	1 PMC, 2x EIA-422, 2x EIA-232, 2x Gbe onboard, RocketIO, VME	AC 0 CC 100
M6000	6U VXS/ VITA 41 and VME	AMCC PowerPC 440SP 667MHz	512MB DDR2 SDRAM	1 PMC, 1x Gbe, 2x 4Gbps Fibre Channel, RocketIO, VME	AC 0
Manta QX3	6U VME	Quad 7457 1 GHz	Up to 2 GB DDR SDRAM, 1GB Flash	1x 64-bit 133MHz PMC, 4 x EIA-232, 2x EIA-422, 2 x Gbe, 2x 1394A	AC 0, 100 CC 100

FPGA Processing

Product Name	Form Factor	Processor (s)	Memory	I/O	Ruggedization
VPX3-450	3U VPX/ VITA 4VPF16/48	Dual-Core 8640D 1GHz Xilinx Virtex-5 (LX155T or SX95T)	8640: 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM Across two banks FPGAs: 512 MB DDR2 SDRAM, 18 MB QDR-II+ SRAM across two banks	Two 4-lane PCI Express links (One link may be configured for Serial RapidIO) to backplane, 8-lane PCIe XMC, 2 x EIA-232, 2 x Gbe, 2 x 4-lane RocketIO to backplane, 18-pairs LVDS DIO	AC 0,100 CC 100, 200, 300
CHAMP-FX2	6U VPX/ VITA 46/48	Dual-Core 8641D 1GHz Dual Xilinx Virtex-5 LXT (LX110T, LX220T, or FX130T)	8641: 512 MB or 1 GB DDR2 Across two banks   FPGAs: 512 MB DDR2 SDRAM across two banks per FPGA, 36 MB QDR-II+ SRAM per FPGA across four banks	Four 4-lane Serial RapidIO links, 8-lane PCIe or 4-lane SRIO XMC Processor: 4-lane Serial RapidIO to Fabric, 1 x EIA-232, 1 x EIA-422/232, 2 x Gbe, 16 LTTL DIO FPGAs: 4-lane Serial RapidIO to fabric, 4-lane RocketIO, 36-pairs LVDS DIO from each FPGA	AC 0,100 CC 100, 200, 300
FPE650	6U VPX / VITA 46/48	Quad Xilinx Virtex-5 (SX95T, LX155T or FX100T) FPGAs	FPGA 1&3: 2x 128Mx16-bit SDRAM, 2x 128Mx 24-bit SDRAM, 2x 4Mx18-bit SRAM, 128MB Flash FPGA 2&4: 4x 4Mx18-bit SRAM	2x FMCs, RocketIO, 20 Diff. Pairs for FPGAs 1 & 3, 4x Gbe	AC 0 CC 100
HPE720	6U VPX/ VITA 46/48	Single or Dual-core 8640 or 8641 1GHz - 1.33GHz Dual Xilinx Virtex-5  (LX110/220/330T, SX240T or FX200T) FPGAs	8641: 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, 128MB Flash and 128KB NvSRAM per FPGA: 4x 9MB QDRII SRAM, 2x 512MB DDR2 and 16MB Flash	2x FMC OR 1x FMC and 1 P/XMC, 2x Gbe onboard, RocketIO, 2x SRIO, 1x 8-lane PCIe	AC 0
FPE320	3U VPX/ VITA 46/48	Xilinx Virtex-5 (SX240T, LX155/220/330T, FX130/200T) FPGA	2x 9MB QDR-II SRAM, 2x 356-512MB DDR2 SDRAM	1x FMC, RocketIO, 16 Diff. Pairs, 1x EIA-232	AC 0
CHAMP-FX	6U VME/ VITA 41	Dual Xilinx VP70/100	Up to 512 MB DDR SDRAM, Up to 9MB DDR-II SRAM per FPGA	2 x 64-bit/66MHz PMC, 1 x EIA-232, StarFabric, RocketIO	AC 0,100 CC 100, 200
VPF2	6U VXS/ VITA 41 and VME	Single Dual-core 8641 1.25GHz, 1x Xilinx Virtex-5 (LX110T or 95SXT ) FPGAs	8641: 2GB DDR2 SDRAM per FPGA: 4x 9MB QDR-II SRAM, 2x 128MB DDR2 SDRAM	1x P/XMC, 2x Gbe onboard, 1x EIA-232, RocketIO, VME	AC 0 CC 100
VPF1	6U VME/ VITA 41	2x 7447A/7448 1GHz, 2x Xilinx Virtex-II Pro XC2VP70 FPGAs	per 744x: 256MB SDRAM and 64MB Flash per FPGA: 128MB DDR SDRAM and 4x 2MB QDR SRAM	1 PMC, 2x EIA-422, 2x EIA-232, 2x Gbe onboard, RocketIO, VME	AC 0 CC 100
3CPF1	3U custom cPCI	7447A, Xilinx Virtex-II Pro XC2VP70	7447A: 512MB SDRAM, 64MB Flash FPGA: 128MB SDRAM, 4x 4MB QDR SRAM	1x EIA-232, 1x EIA-422, 1x I2O, RocketIO, 32-bit 33MHz PCI to backplane, 2x Ethernet	AC 0 CC 100
XMC-442	XMC/ VITA-42	Single Xilinx Virtex-5 SXT (SX50T/SX95T)	Up to 256 MB DDR2 SDRAM, 18 MB SRAM Across two banks	80-bits front-panel VDS/LVTTL (40 pairs), 48-bits rear-panel LVDS/LVTTL (24 pairs), x4 PCIe	AC 0,100 CC 100, 200, 300
MM-7115	PMC	Xilinx Virtex-4 LX200 and LX160	512MB or 1GB DDR II	64-bit 133MHz PCI-X	AC 0 CC 100
MM-7110	PMC	Xilinx Virtex-4 LX200 and SX55	512MB or 1GB DDR II	64-bit 133MHz PCI-X	AC 0 CC 100
MM-7105	PMC	Xilinx Virtex-4 LX200	512MB or 1GB DDR II	64-bit 133MHz PCI-X	AC 0 CC 100
SPMC/DPMC-440 Proware	PMC	Xilinx VP40	Up to 256 MB DDR SDRAM	33/66 MHz PCI, 2.5 GB/sec Front-panel RocketIO, 2 GB/sec Rear-panel RocketIO, 30-bits front-panel LVDS/LVTTL (15 pairs), 48-bits rear-panel LVDS/LVTTL (24 pairs)	AC 0,100 CC 100, 200
PMC-FPGA03	PMC	Xilinx Virtex-II Pro XC2VP50	2x 64MB DDR SDRAM, 3x 2Mx18-bit QDR-II SRAM	138 Signals to front panel or RocketIO to front panel, 64-bit 66MHz PCI, 64-bit User I/O on PMC P14	AC 0
PMC-FPGA03F	PMC	Xilinx Virtex-II Pro XC2VP50	2x 64MB DDR SDRAM, 3x 2Mx18-bit QDR-II SRAM	4 fiber-optic on front panel, 64-bit 66MHz PCI, 64-bit User I/O on PMC P14	AC 0
ADX000	XMC/ VITA-42, PMC	Xilinx Virtex-5 LX110T/SX95T FPGA	Dual banks of 36b QDR2 SRAM and 16b DDR2 SDRAM memories	-	AC L0, AC L100, CC L100 (contact factory for availability)
3CPF1	3U custom cPCI	7447A, Virtex-II Pro	7447A: 512MB SDRAM, 64MB Flash FPGA: 128MB SDRAM, 4x 4MB QDR SRAM	1x EIA-232, 1x EIA-422, 1x I2O, RocketIO, 32-bit 33MHz PCI to backplane, 2x Ethernet	AC 0 CC 100

Operating Systems for DSP Applications
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing offers customers with several choices of real-time operating systems for use on its CHAMP product line. The choices have commonality with those available for use on PowerPC based SBCs, so developers can have a single tool-chain to use on systems involving both DSPs and SBCs. Currently available operating system choices for use with the CHAMP product line include: INTEGRITY by Green Hills; VxWorks by Wind River; Linux from Curtiss-Wright; Gedae by Gedae Inc..

Digital Signal Processing Libraries
The CHAMP DSP products derive their floating-point performance from the PowerPC AltiVec unit. Programming the AltiVec is complex. For customers who prefer to focus on their algorithms, Curtiss-Wright offers the Continuum Vector DSP function library. Continuum Vector provides Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) which are compatible with other popular board vendor function library APIs and also with the open-standard Vector Signal Image Processing Library (VSIPL Core Lite profile).  This greatly simplifies the effort associated with porting existing software from other platforms to Curtiss-Wright hardware. Many functions are available in both single and double precision arithmetic.

Inter-Processor Communications
Military DSP applications employ multiple processors operating in a pipeline or in parallel. In either case, data must be transferred quickly and efficiently between the processors. Curtiss-Wright offers the Inter-Processor Communications (IPC) library to provide messaging and bulk data transfers in a multi-processor system. IPC provides a hardware-neutral interface for task-to-task communications. IPC will run with the same API on a single processor, or on a large system based on the both the Serial RapidIO and StarFabric switched interconnects.