Chapter 1
MIPS® Malta™ User’s Manual, Revision 01.07 7
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Introduction
This document is the primary reference document for the Malta™ Development Board.
1.1 Overview
The Malta Board provides a standard platform for software development with MIPS32® and MIPS64® processors.
The platform is composed of two parts: the Malta Motherboard, which holds the CPU-independent parts of the cir-
cuitry, and one or more CoreLV or CoreFPGA Core boards, which hold the MIPS CPU plus its System Controller
and fast SDRAM memory.
The Malta Board is designed around a standard PC chipset, which provides all the advantages of easy-to-obtain soft-
ware drivers. It is supplied with the YAMON ROM monitor in the on-board Flash memory, which can be repro-
grammed from a PC or workstation via the IEEE1284 port. The feature set extends from low-level debugging aids,
such as DIP switches, LED displays, and logic analyzer connectors, to sophisticated EJTAG debugger connectivity,
audio support, IDE. flash disks and Ethernet. Four PCI slots on the board give the user a high degree of flexibility in
extending the functionality of the system. The board is an ATX form factor and is intended to be used in an ATX cab-
inet.
The major components of the Malta Board are shown in Figure 1.1 and listed below:
• ATX form factor
• Daughter card hosting either an FPGA implementation of a synthesizable core or a Lead Vehicle
• 100 Mbps Ethernet
• 4 PCI slots
• Audio modem riser connector
• Serial, parallel, USB, keyboard, mouse ports
• IDE and compact flash slots
• 4 Mbytes boot Flash
• 64 Mbytes SDRAM
• EJTAG v2.5 debugger connector
• YAMON™ ROM Monitor
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