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Industrial MCU scores impressive
benchmark
Infineon Technologies' 150MHz TriCore TC1130 microcontroller has achieved an exceptional score of 95.2 Automarks in tests against EEMBC's automotive/industrial benchmark suite.
Infineon Technologies' 150MHz TriCore TC1130 microcontroller, a 32bit chip capable of running the Linux OS, has achieved an exceptional score of 95.2 Automarks in tests against EEMBC's automotive/industrial benchmark suite The test results, which were certified by the EEMBC Certification Laboratory (ECL), represent a threefold improvement over the TriCore TC11IB-96, which was tested against the same automotive/industrial benchmarks in 2002
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 17 Oct 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The TC1130 is designed for use in programmable logic control (PLC) systems, high-performance motor drive systems, industrial communications devices, and consumer applications such as set-top boxes.
"The score of 95.2 Automarks is exceptionally high for an industrial MCU", said Markus Levy, EEMBC President.
"This impressive boost in performance arises from the addition of a hardware floating point unit, increased frequency, and an enhanced external bus interface".
The TC1130 combines a Fast Ethernet (10/100Mbit/s) controller, four CAN (Controller Area Network) nodes, and a USB module.
An integrated FPU and MMU support the use of the increasingly popular Linux or RTAI Linux operating systems.
Other features of the TC1130 include 144Kbyte of on-chip RAM, a 64bit high-performance local memory bus (LMB) that provides fast access between caches and external memories, and Infineon's flexible peripherals interface bus for enhanced on-chip communications.
"The TC1130 was designed to meet customer requirements for a powerful MCU platform with an excellent performance-to-cost ratio and a complete suite of high-performance on-chip interfaces to support industry-standard communications protocols", said Manfred Choutka, Business Development Manager for Microcontrollers in the Automotive and Industrial business group at Infineon Technologies North America Corp.
"It is well-suited for next-generation designs of PLC systems; high-performance motor drive systems; industrial communications devices such as switches, hubs, and routers; and consumer applications like set-top boxes".
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