CPU Find of the Day.. Intel’s New/Old I/O Processor
In 2002 Intel released a new dedicated I/O processor called the 80303, part of the IOP3xx series. It was meant to replace the i960RN series for use in RAID controllers etc, and runs at 100MHz. As far as I can tell the 80303 is an enhancement of the i960 procecessor, it was quickly replaced by a XScale series device (IOP8034X) This particular one was found on the main board of a Dell PowerEdge 2600 dual Xeon server.
Update: I found a datasheet for this, its core is an i960JT running at 100MHz
Intel IOP303 Processor.
January 21st, 2009 at 5:24 am
I’ll have to check our two 2600’s for one of these. Cool chip! Didnt know about the 80303.