Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe | Subject: MB86R01 'Jade'
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 12 April 2007
Graphics processor and ARM
core on one chip
A new family of graphics controllers is aimed at high-end embedded automotive graphics applications including mobile navigation systems, graphical dashboard systems and rear-seat entertainment
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Fujitsu Microelectronics has announced the MB86R01 'Jade', the first device in a new family of graphics controllers aimed at high-end embedded automotive graphics applications. Jade is the first Fujitsu System-on-Chip (SoC) to integrate the 32bit ARM926EJ-S CPU core with the company's successful graphics processor 'Coral PA'.
Based on Fujitsu's proprietary 90nm CMOS process technology, Jade is optimised for applications requiring high CPU performance combined with sophisticated 2D/3D graphics features.
Target applications are onboard and mobile navigation systems, graphical dashboard systems, HUD (head up display) units, rear-seat entertainment, point-of-sale terminals and industrial control panels.
Packaged in a 484-pin BGA, the device requires a supply voltage of 3.3V (I/O), 1.8V (DDR2), 1.2V (Internal) and is designed to operate over a temperature range of -40 to +85C.
The ARM926EJ-S is a fully synthesisable processor with a Jazelle technology (Java Acceleration) enhanced 32bit RISC CPU, 16Kbyte instruction cache, 16Kbyte data cache, 16Kbyte ITCM, 16Kbyte DTCM and a memory management unit (MMU).
The CPU runs all major OSs and existing middleware including Microsoft Windows CE, QNX, Wind River VxWorks, Linux and Itron.
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Core frequency is 320MHz (generated by on-chip PLL).
Onboard peripherals include a unified DDR2 memory supporting 320Mbit/s, a parallel Flash/SRAM host interface with decryption engine, parallel ATA, SD-Card, CAN, Media LB, USB 2.0 (Host and Function), ADC, DAC, I2C, I2S, PWM, SPI, UART, GPIO and an external interrupt.
Fujitsu's Coral PA processor provides sophisticated features for embedded graphics applications, such as in-car infotainment systems, which require more display and rendering functions.
These features include a rendering engine for 2D/3D graphic acceleration functions, a geometry processor supporting floating point transformations for smooth graphics animation and a dual-display capability (2 x RGB digital output) that enables independent contents to be shown on two connected screens.
Display resolutions from 320 x 240 up to 1024 x 768 are supported.
For application development support and functional evaluation, a number of evaluation boards are available from Fujitsu, together with a stand-alone starter-kit for all graphics controllers, which enable the evaluation of the features and application building.
Source code for various application examples, application notes and the Fujitsu Graphics API is included.
Engineering samples are available now with volume production due to commence during Q3 2007.
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