Freescale Introduces MSC8154 Processor, Four-Core DSP Based on SC3850 StarCore Technology
The MSC8154 is a four-core DSP based on Freescale’s new SC3850 StarCore(R) technology and designed to advance the capabilities of wireless broadband equipment. It delivers industry-leading performance and power savings, leveraging 45 nm process technology in a highly integrated SoC to provide performance equivalent to a 4Ghz single-core device. The MSC8154 will help equipment manufacturers and carriers create solutions and services that enable near-term, mainstream adoption of next-generation wireless standards such as 3G-LTE, WiMAX, HSPA+ and TDD-LTE. The device is designed to lower system costs by integrating functionality into a single device that previously required multiple discrete parts.The MSC8154 DSP delivers a high level of performance and integration, combining four fully programmable new and enhanced SC3850 DSP cores, each running at up to 1 GHz with an architecture highly optimized for wireless infrastructure applications. The MSC8154 embeds large internal memory and supports a variety of advanced, high-speed interface types, including two RapidIO(R) interfaces, two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces for network communications, a PCI Express(R) controller, two DDR controllers for high-speed, industry standard memory interface and four multi-channel TDM interfaces. The MSC8154 is pin compatible with the MSC8156…
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MSC8154
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