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Texas Instruments TMS320C6201 Digital Signal Processor

The TMS320C6201, the world's most powerful general-purpose, programmable digital signal processor (DSP), is the first fixed-point DSP in the industry to adopt VelociTI™, an advanced Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) architecture which cuts software development time in half. At 1600 MIPS/200 MHz, the 'C6201 DSP delivers 10 times the performance of the highest performing DSPs currently on the market at a 50 percent lower DSP cost-per-channel in applications like wireless base stations, remote access servers (RAS), pooled modems, cable modems, and digital subscriber loop (xDSL) systems.

Key FeaturesBenefits
Advanced VLIW CPU with eight functional units including two multipliers and six arithmetic units Up to 10 times the performance of typical DSPs; Allows designers to develop highly effective RISC-like code for fast development time
Instruction packingCode size equivalence for eight instructions executed serially or in parallel; Reduces code size, program fetches, and power consumption
100 percent conditional instructionsReduces costly branching; Increases parallelism for higher sustained performance.
Code executes as programmed on highly independent functional units benchmark suite and DSP industry's first assembly optimizer for fast development time.
8/16/32-bit data supportEfficient memory support for a variety of applications.
40-bit arithmetic optionsExtra precision for vocoders and other computationally intensive applications.
Saturation and normalizationSupports key arithmetic operations.
Bit-field manipulation and instruction:
extract, set, clear, bit counting
Supports common operation found in control and data manipulation applications.
1Mbit on-chip memory
(512K bits program, 512K bits data)
Fast algorithm execution with fewer components per system.
32-bit glueless external memory interface supports SDRAM, SBSRAM and SRAM High speed connections to external memory for maximum sustained performance.
Two enhanced buffered serial ports (EBSP) Glueless interface to high bandwidth telecommunications trunks; Provides high speed interprocessor communication
16-bit host access portHost processor access to on-chip data memory.
Two data memory access (DMA) channels with bootloading capability Efficient access to external memory/peripherals while minimizing CPU interrupts.
Flexible Phase-Locked-Loop (PLL) clock generator Multiplies external clock rate by two or four for maximum CPU performance.
352-lead ball grid array (BGA) package Ultra thin package supports industry trend for higher integration and minimizing board space

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