New Scalable Twin DSP and FPGA Based Development System

By DE Editors

Two TMS320C6455 DSPs and the Xilinx Virtex-4 FX60 FPGA from Texas Instruments (TI; Dallas, TX) are at the core of the new SMT362 from Sundance Multiprocessor Technology (Chesham, UK). The scaleable, modular TI design and a range of connectivity options make the SMT362 a development platform enabling OEMs to design HD-based video infrastructure, telecom, and IP devices.

With an operating frequency of 1GHz and 2MB on-chip level 2 cache each, the TMS320C6455 DSPs have the highest fixed-point processing power in the ‘C6000 range. The SMT362 combines this with the Virtex-4 FPGA FX60, which has nearly 60,000 logic cells and 16 RocketIO serial transceivers.

The SMT362 is designed to scale-up the DSP and FPGA capability by connecting with additional SMT362s or other TI modules. Sundance has also integrated 256MB of DDR2-500 SDRAM for each of the DSPs.
 
Software tools are provided to ease algorithm implementation in the development of advanced video infrastructures, HDTV, IP, and telecom technology. Software includes TI’s Code Composer Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and 3L’s Diamond FPGA.

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.