The third generation of SHARC® Processors offers increased performance, audio and application-focused peripherals, and new memory configurations. The ADSP-21369 increases performance to 400MHz while simplifying algorithm development with the integration of a high-bandwidth and very flexible external memory interface. The ADSP-21369 is based on a single-instruction, multiple-data (SIMD) core which supports both 32-bit fixed-point and 32-/40-bit floating point arithmetic formats and is completely code-compatible with all prior SHARC Processors allowing for maximum reuse of legacy code.The ADSP-21369 increases the amount of on-chip memory to 2Mb SRAM and 6Mb ROM while integrating a variety of audio-specific and general purpose peripherals. Peripherals such as an all digital S/PDIF transmitter/receiver, 8-channel asynchronous sample rate converter, 8 high-speed serial ports, 4 precision clock generators, and multiple serial interfaces combine to ensure the ADSP-21369 maximizes system throughput while minimizing system bill of materials costs.

The ADSP-21375 SHARC® Processor family offers the highest MFLOP/$ performance for a variety of applications. The ADSP-21375 device is pin-compatible and code-compatible with prior SHARC Processors such as the ADSP-21367 and ADSP-21369. This member of the SHARC Processor family is based on a single-instruction, multiple-data (SIMD) core, which supports both 32-bit fixed-point and 32-/40-bit floating-point arithmetic formats, making them particularly suitable for cost optimized high precision applications. SHARC Processors also integrate many peripherals designed to simplify hardware design, minimize system design risks, and reduce end-customer time to market. Grouped together, and broadly named the Digital Applications Interface (DAI), these functional blocks may be connected to each other or to external pins via the software-programmable Signal Routing Unit (SRU). The SRU is an innovative architectural feature that enables complete and flexible routing amongst DAI blocks. Peripherals connected through the SRU include, but are not limited to, serial ports and SPI ports block.

The ADSP-BF522 Blackfin Processor combines high performance, power efficiency and system integration to enable highly optimized designs without compromises. With built-in peripheral selectivity the BF522 provides the greatest flexibility for today’s most demanding convergent signal processing applications. For battery powered applications that either enhance the multimedia experience or deliver a full Mobile TV implementation, the ADSP-BF522 represents the ideal solution to release design innovation.IP protection has become a necessary part of today’s embedded computing applications. The ADSP-BF522 provides a security scheme which balances flexibility and upgradeability with performance through the inclusion of a firmware-based solution including OTP (One Time Programmable) memory to enable users to implement private keys for secure access to program code.

The ADSP-BF525 offers up to 600 MHz performance and up to 1200 MMACs. This processor core is supported by an advanced DMA controller supporting one-and two-dimensional DMA transfers between on-chip memory, off-chip memory, and system peripherals. The combination of the processor core speed and the DMA controller allows for efficient processing of audio, voice, video, and image data.The ADSP-BF525 provides peripheral flexibility to complement its high performance processing. The HS USB OTG host direct memory access (HDMA) and NAND flash controller are just a few of the peripheral options on the ADSP-BF525 family—not to mention the availability of up to 48 GPIO ports.For applications where product differentiation represents a challenge for securing market leadership, the ADSP-BF525 enables developers to provide features and benefits to augment their product offerings without compromising cost or power. The scalability of the ADSP-BF525 makes it an ideal candidate for Premium Audio Players where differentiation of features can be realized without sacrificing system cost. Where the diversity of Multimedia applications and content security are key attributes the ADSP-BF525 provides processing flexibility and Lockbox™ Secure Technology to enable users to develop freely and without bounds.IP protection has become a necessary part of today’s embedded computing applications. The ADSP-BF525 provides a security scheme which balances flexibility and upgradeability with performance through the inclusion of a firmware-based solution including OTP (One Time Programmable) memory to enable users to implement private keys for secure access to program code.

The ADSP-BF525 offers up to 600 MHz performance and up to 1200 MMACs. This processor core is supported by an advanced DMA controller supporting one-and two-dimensional DMA transfers between on-chip memory, off-chip memory, and system peripherals. The combination of the processor core speed and the DMA controller allows for efficient processing of audio, voice, video, and image data.The ADSP-BF525 provides peripheral flexibility to complement its high performance processing. The HS USB OTG host direct memory access (HDMA) and NAND flash controller are just a few of the peripheral options on the ADSP-BF525 family—not to mention the availability of up to 48 GPIO ports.For applications where product differentiation represents a challenge for securing market leadership, the ADSP-BF525 enables developers to provide features and benefits to augment their product offerings without compromising cost or power. The scalability of the ADSP-BF525 makes it an ideal candidate for Premium Audio Players where differentiation of features can be realized without sacrificing system cost. Where the diversity of Multimedia applications and content security are key attributes the ADSP-BF525 provides processing flexibility and Lockbox™ Secure Technology to enable users to develop freely and without bounds.IP protection has become a necessary part of today’s embedded computing applications. The ADSP-BF525 provides a security scheme which balances flexibility and upgradeability with performance through the inclusion of a firmware-based solution including OTP (One Time Programmable) memory to enable users to implement private keys for secure access to program code.

The high performance 16/32-bit Blackfin embedded processor core, the flexible cache architecture, the enhanced DMA subsystem, and the dynamic power management (DPM) functionality allow system designers a flexible platform to address a wide range of portable applications, including consumer, communications and industrial/instrumentation.With the combination of peripherals which enable glue-less connectivity to networked devices such as Ethernet or WiFi 802.11 a/b/g modules and power efficient signal processing, the ADSP-BF527 is well suited to IP connected applications such as VoIP Phone or IP Camera.The VoIP challenge to the embedded-system designer is to choose a processing solution that is cost-effective, easy to deploy and scaleable in performance across market spaces. A “sweet spot” embedded-solution approach is to design with a platform that can implement a low channel count basic VoIP solution, yet retain sufficient capacity for value added capabilities and services – such as video, music, imaging and system control. Unlike traditional VoIP embedded solutions that utilize two processor cores to provide VoIP functionality, the ADSP-BF527 provides a convergent solution in a unified core architecture that allows voice and video signal processing concurrent with RISC MCU processing to handle network and user-interface demands. This unique ability to offer full VoIP functionality on a single convergent processor provides for a unified software development environment, faster system debugging and deployment, and lower overall system cost.IP protection has become a necessary part of today’s embedded computing applications. The ADSP-BF527 provides a security scheme which balances flexibility and upgradeability with performance through the inclusion of a firmware-based solution including OTP (One Time Programmable) memory to enable users to implement private keys for secure access to program code.

The Blackfin® Processor family has been expanded to address the ever-increasing need for pervasive embedded network connectivity with two new family members. This connectivity is powerful when utilized in conjunction with the high performance 16-/32-bit Blackfin embedded processor core, the flexible cache architecture, the enhanced DMA subsystem, and the Dynamic Power Management (DPM) functionality. System designers can take advantage of the combined control and signal processing capabilities of the processor core across a wide range of end applications through the scalability of the pin and code compatibility of these new family members. The ADSP-BF536 and ADSP-BF537 are a functional extension of the popular ADSP-BF531 / ADSP-BF532 / ADSP-BF533 processors, and they are ideally suited for a variety of networked applications. The ADSP-BF537 is the higher performance series member, with more embedded memory enabling higher throughput needs for embedded applications suchas video security/surveillance and industrial-environment-based distributed control/factory automation applications. The ADSP-BF536 offers exceptional performance and is designed for low cost connected devices such as remote monitoring devices, VoIP, point-of-saleterminals, and biometrics/security applications. Both devices are ideally suited for a broad range of industrial, instrumentation, medical, and consumer appliance applications— allowing for scalability based upon the required network bandwidth and mix of control, plus signal processing needed in the end product.

The Blackfin® Processor family expands the performance envelope with the ADSP-BF561. With two high performance Blackfin Processor cores, flexible cache architecture, enhanced DMA subsystem, and Dynamic Power Management (DPM) functionality, the ADSP-BF561 can support complex control and signal processing tasks while maintaining extremely high datathroughput.The ADSP-BF561 is a functional extension of the popular Blackfin Processor family and is ideally suited for a broad range of industrial, instrumentation, medical, and consumer appliance applications—allowing for scalability based upon the required data bandwidth and mix of control, plus signal processing needed in the end product.High-Level of Integration 328 KBytes of on-chip memory configured as: 32 KBytes of L1 instruction memory SRAM/Cache per core 64 KBytes of L1 data memory SRAM/Cache per core 4 KBytes of L1 scratchpad memory per core 128 KBytes of low-latency shared L2 memory 32-bit Memory Controller providing glueless connection to multiple banks of SDRAM, SRAM, Flash or ROM. Two Parallel Peripheral Interfaces Units supporting ITU-R 656 video data formats. Two dual-channel, full-duplex, synchronous serial ports supporting eight stereo I2S channels. Dual 16 Channel DMA Controllers, supporting one and two-dimension transfers. SPI-compatible Port. UART with support for IrDA®. 12 timer/counters supporting PWM, pulsewidth and event count modes. 48 Programmable Flags/General Purpose I/O. Event Handler. Dual Watchdog timers. PLL capable of 1x to 63x frequency multiplication. 256-ball Mini-BGA and 297-ball Sparse PBGA packages.

The Blackfin® Processor family expands the performance envelope with the ADSP-BF561. With two high performance Blackfin Processor cores, flexible cache architecture, enhanced DMA subsystem, and Dynamic Power Management (DPM) functionality, the ADSP-BF561 can support complex control and signal processing tasks while maintaining extremely high datathroughput.The ADSP-BF561 is a functional extension of the popular Blackfin Processor family and is ideally suited for a broad range of industrial, instrumentation, medical, and consumer appliance applications—allowing for scalability based upon the required data bandwidth and mix of control, plus signal processing needed in the end product.High-Level of Integration 328 KBytes of on-chip memory configured as: 32 KBytes of L1 instruction memory SRAM/Cache per core 64 KBytes of L1 data memory SRAM/Cache per core 4 KBytes of L1 scratchpad memory per core 128 KBytes of low-latency shared L2 memory 32-bit Memory Controller providing glueless connection to multiple banks of SDRAM, SRAM, Flash or ROM. Two Parallel Peripheral Interfaces Units supporting ITU-R 656 video data formats. Two dual-channel, full-duplex, synchronous serial ports supporting eight stereo I2S channels. Dual 16 Channel DMA Controllers, supporting one and two-dimension transfers. SPI-compatible Port. UART with support for IrDA®. 12 timer/counters supporting PWM, pulsewidth and event count modes. 48 Programmable Flags/General Purpose I/O. Event Handler. Dual Watchdog timers. PLL capable of 1x to 63x frequency multiplication. 256-ball Mini-BGA and 297-ball Sparse PBGA packages.

The fourth generation of SHARC® Processors now includes the low power floating point DSP products – the ADSP-21478 and ADSP-21479 and offers increased performance, hardware-based filter accelerators, audio and application-focused peripherals, and new memory configurations capable of supporting a single chip solution. All devices are pin-compatible with each other and completely code-compatible with all prior SHARC Processors. These newest members of the fourth generation SHARC Processor family are based on a single-instruction, multiple-data (SIMD) core, which supports both 32-bit fixed-point and 32-/40-bit floating-point arithmetic formats and their low power make them particularly suitable for battery powered applications or where a higher ambient operating temperature is required.The ADSP-21479 offers a very low power and high performance – 266 MHz/1596 MFLOPs – in a BGA and LQFP package within the fourth generation SHARC Processor family. This feature of power makes the ADSP-21479 particularly well suited to address the automotive audio and many industrial control segments where low power is a requirement. In addition to its high core performance, the ADSP-21479 includes additional processing blocks such as FIR, IIR, and FFT accelerators to increase the total performance of the system. There is a new feature called Variable Instruction Set Architecture (VISA) that allows the code size to be decreased by 20% to 30% and increase the memory size availability. The fourth generation DSP allows the ability to connect to external memory by providing a glueless interface to 16-bit wide SDR SDRAMs. Fourth-generation SHARC Processors also integrate application-specific peripherals designed to simplify hardware design, minimize design risks, and ultimately reduce time to market. Grouped together, and broadly named the Digital Applications Interface (DAI), these functional blocks may be connected to each other or to external pins via the software-programmable Signal Routing Unit (SRU). The SRU is an innovative architectural feature that enables complete and flexible routing amongst DAI blocks. Peripherals connected through the SRU include but are not limited to serial ports, SPI ports, S/PDIF Tx/Rx, and an 8-Channel asynchronous sample rate converter block. The fourth generation SHARC allows data from the serial ports to be directly transferred to external memory by the DMA controller. Other peripherals such as UART and Two-Wire Interface are routed through a Digital Peripheral Interface (DPI).