DALLAS, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments
Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) builds upon the success of its
existing digital signal processor (DSP) + ARM® product offerings by
introducing the C6A816x Integra™ DSP + ARM generation of
processors. The C6A816x Integra DSP + ARM processors offer
the industry's fastest single-core floating- and fixed-point DSP
performance with performance up to 1.5 GHz and also integrates the
industry's fastest single-core ARM Cortex™-A8 core with
performance up to 1.5 GHz. The combined Integra DSP + ARM
architecture is ideal because the DSP is dedicated to handle
intensive signal processing needs, complex math functions and image
processing algorithms, while the ARM is available for graphical
user interfaces (GUIs), network connectivity, system control and
application processing under multiple operating systems.
These operating systems include Linux, Microsoft® Windows®
Embedded Compact 7 and Android. The C6A816x Integra DSP +
ARM processors also integrate numerous high bandwidth peripherals
that lower system cost and improve system performance, making them
perfect for applications such as machine vision, test and
measurement and tracking and control.
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Extreme integration for performance, connectivity and cost
efficiencies
The two new devices in the C6A816x Integra DSP + ARM generation
are the C6A8168 and C6A8167 processors. These processors integrate
a TMS320C674x floating- and fixed-point DSP and an ARM Cortex™-A8
processor on a single chip, along with several high-bandwidth
peripherals, optimized for a broad array of applications.
These peripherals include PCIExpress Gen2, SATA 2.0, dual
Gigabit Ethernet and dual DDR2/DDR3 interfaces that offer various
network connectivity selections and storage options and provide
quick transmission of data on and off of the chip. This
integration allows customers to dramatically improve performance
and can reduce bill of materials (BOM) costs by as much as 50
percent through reduced chip count, including discrete memory
costs, and printed circuit board (PCB) space.
Advanced display capabilities and 3D graphics
The C6A8168 and C6A8167 Integra DSP + ARM processors are
equipped with an on-chip display engine allowing for output of two
different streams of content for dual, simultaneous high-resolution
displays. This is important in applications such as high-end
machine vision systems where one display presents a touch screen
keyboard and the other display shows machine performance and vision
analysis output. The C6A8168 Integra DSP + ARM processor
specifically integrates a 3D graphics accelerator to enable a more
complex, richer GUI experience. Both processors are perfect for
applications requiring a seamless graphical, dual-screen experience
from a single highly integrated processor.
Highly scalable platform protects software investments and
expands market opportunities
TI provides its customers with a wide range of devices – from
low-power to high-performance options – including Integra™
DSP + ARM processors, Sitara™ ARM MPUs (new devices also
announced today) and DaVinci™ digital media
processors. Using these compatible offerings from TI,
customers can rapidly develop multiple products with an array of
features to address diverse markets, while reusing their
investments in software across all the products. These new
compatible Integra DSP + ARM and Sitara ARM MPU devices share
the same peripheral memory maps, bus architecture and ARM
Cortex-A8 core, allowing for increased functionality and product
robustness while protecting investments and allowing for faster
time to market. Additionally, with a broad portfolio of software
compatible devices, customers can migrate within the Integra DSP +
ARM product line from earlier ARM9™-based low-power OMAP-L13x DSP +
ARM processors and scale to the C6A816x Integra DSP + ARM
processors and to future compatible devices.
Evaluate in minutes; begin development in less than an
hour
Both the new the Integra DSP + ARM processors and Sitara ARM
MPUs are supported by a comprehensive hardware evaluation
module (EVM) and a single, free TI EZ Software Development Kit (EZ
SDK), allowing customers to evaluate their devices in minutes and
begin development in less than an hour. The Integra DSP + ARM
processors and Sitara ARM MPUs also share a common development
environment, containing TI's Code Composer Studio™ Integrated
Development Environment that supports all TI embedded processors.
This minimizes the learning curve to accelerate time to
market and reduce development costs. Additionally, for ARM
programmers who want to take advantage of the DSP performance in
the Integra DSP + ARM processors, the TI EZ SDK contains tools to
make DSP programming easy. TI's C6EZRun for code porting
enables developers to easily run ARM code on a DSP without changing
their ARM application code, and the TI C6EZAccel provides a library
of hundreds of DSP-optimized signal processing algorithms with ARM
APIs to accelerate development time.
C6A816x Integra DSP + ARM
processors features and benefits
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Feature
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Customer benefit
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Performance:
Highest performing floating- and
fixed-point DSP in the market with up to 1.5 GHz performance
(TMS320C674x), combined with the highest-performing ARM Cortex-A8
at up to 1.5 GHz on a single chip
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In the combined DSP + ARM
Integra devices, the DSP enables math-intensive algorithms and the
ability to run numerically-precise applications by offering
floating- and fixed-point operations, including single- and
double-precision floating point, which allow for accelerated time
to market, easier development, as well as reduced research and
development to port algorithms. The ARM Cortex-A8 on-chip is
available for high-level system control, network
connectivity and operating system
support to enable application
processing.
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Core integration:
Integrated DSP + ARM cores
suited for products requiring intensive signal processing,
comprehensive system control, a responsive GUI and the ability to
run applications under operating systems such as
Linux, Microsoft Windows Embedded
Compact 7 and Android
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Saves board space, manufacturing
costs (as much as 50 percent) and discrete memory costs and allows
for faster performance due to the high-speed interconnect between
two cores
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Peripheral
integration: Large set of peripheral options,
including a two-lane PCIExpress Gen2, two USB 2.0 ports, HDMI TX,
SATA 2.0 interfaces for up to two external drives, two 32-bit
DDR2/DDR3 external memory interfaces at up to 1.6 GHz, two
Gigabit Ethernet MACs (GEMAC) and two-channel video I/O
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Provides seamless integration of
high performance network connectivity options and peripherals into
a single chip, while simplifying the sourcing process by using one
supplier and reducing development time and cost.
- PCIe enables high-speed
connection to computer backplanes and FPGAs
- Gigabit Ethernet Mac (GEMAC) and
USB 2.0 enable customers to add connectivity to new
designs
- SATA allows high speed
connectivity to mass storage
- DDR3 provides larger memory
bandwidth, improving multiprogramming and overall system
responsiveness and performance
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Advanced display capabilities
and 3D graphics: Supports up to two high-quality
displays at up to 1920 x 1280 resolution with an SGX530 graphics
accelerator up to 333 MHz (C6A8168 only) to render 3D
graphics
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Enables 3D graphics for more
complex GUIs and facilitates a seamless graphical multi-screen
experience with a single highly integrated processor
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Software:
TI's EZ Software Development Kit
supporting C6A816x Integra DSP + ARM processors and compatible
AM389x Sitara ARM MPUs. The kit also contains the TI C6EZRun
and TI C6EZAccel tools.
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A free software package allows
easy evaluation of device (out-of-box experience) within minutes
and development in less than an hour. It also allows easy
development with a single installation that
includes: development software and
example code required to start development, TI C6EZ tools to ease
DSP programming, operating systems, drivers for peripherals,
connectivity and display, touch screen graphical application
launcher, graphic development kit, example graphics and starter
code.
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Tools, pricing and availability
Development is made easy, and evaluation can begin in minutes
with TI's comprehensive evaluation module (EVM) and the free TI EZ
SDK available on ti.com. Designers can begin development on the
DDR2 version (TMDXEVM8168DDR2) today for $1,895. A DDR3 version with video capture
capability is expected to begin shipping in 1Q2011. Available
for download, the new TI EZ SDK includes ARM and DSP source
code and hundreds of ready-to-use DSP kernels, in a single package
with only one installation. The SDK supports Linux today, and
Microsoft Windows Embedded Compact 7 and Android support is planned
for 1Q2011.
The C6A816x Integra DSP + ARM processors are sampling today.
Production pricing starts at $46 per
1,000 units (1ku) for the C6A8167 Integra DSP+ ARM processor and
$49 per 1ku for the C6A8168 Integra
DSP + ARM processor. The high-performance AM389x Sitara
ARM MPUs are pin-to-pin compatible with C6A816x Integra DSP + ARM
processors and are also available for order today.
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develop new electronics that make the world smarter, healthier,
safer, greener and more fun. A global semiconductor company, TI
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www.ti.com.
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