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Features and Benefits
FourStarCoreDSPSC3850core
subsystems operating at up to 1 GHz/8000
MMACS per core and up to 32000 MMACS
per device
Twomasterbusesfordatatransfers
from/to the system memory at a total
throughput up to 50 Gbps
High-speed,high-bandwidthCLASS
fabric arbitrates between the DSP cores
andotherCLASSmasterstoM2memory,
M3 memory, DDR controllers and the
configuration registers
TwoDDRcontrollerswithupto400MHz
clock (800 MHz data) rate and 32/64-bit
DDR2/3 SDRAM data bus. Supports
SODIMMs and up to 2 GB per controller
32-channelDMAcontroller
DualRISCcoreQUICCEnginesubsystem
operating at up to 500 MHz provides
parallel packet processing independent of
the DSP cores
Supports:
Two Gigabit Ethernet controllers
supporting RGMII or SGMII
SPI
HSSIthatsupportstwox4SerDesports,
including:
Two Serial RapidIO interfaces supporting
x1/x4 operation up to 3.125 Gbaud
One PCI Express interface that supports
x1/x2/x4 operation
Multiplexing capability for RapidIO,
PCI Express and SGMII signals through
the two SerDes ports
FourTDMinterfaces
UARTandI2C interfaces
Eightsoftwarewatchdogtimers
Sixteen16-bittimers
Two32-bitgeneralpurposetimerspercore
for RTOS support
I/Ointerruptconcentratorandvirtual
interrupt support
Eighthardwaresemaphores
32GPIOportsmultiplexedwithinterface
signals and IRQ inputs
Bootoptions:Ethernet,SerialRapidIO,I2C
and SPI
ThreeinputclocksandfivePLLs
JTAGTestAccessPort(TAP)andboundary
scan architecture designed to comply with
IEEE 1149.1 standard for profiling and
performance monitoring support
Reducedpowerdissipationwithwait,
stop and power down low-power
standby modes
Optimizedpowermanagementcircuitry
Technology:CMOS45nmSOItechnology
in29x29mm,783ball,FC-PBGApackage
Development Support
Freescalesuppliesacompletesetof
CodeWarrior DSP development tools for
the MSC8254 device. The tools provide
easier, more robust ways for designers to
develop optimized DSP and gives designers
everything they need to exploit the advanced
capabilities of the MSC8254 architecture.
Support tools include:
Eclipse-basedintegrateddevelopment
environment (IDE)
CandC++compilerwithin-lineassembly
Librarian
Multicoredebugger
Royalty-freeRTOS
Softwaresimulator
Profiler
High-speedruncontrol
Hostplatformsupport
MSC8156ADSdevelopmentboard
MSC8156EVMevaluationmodule
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owners.2010FreescaleSemiconductor,Inc.
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