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News Release from: Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe | Subject: MB86R01
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 27 September 2007
Graphics controller has automotive bus
Jade is the first device in a new family of graphics controllers from Fujitsu, and is the first Fujitsu SoC to integrate the powerful 32bit ARM926EJ-S CPU core.
Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe has incorporated SMSC's Media Local Bus (MediaLB) technology in its latest graphics controller, the MB86R01 or "Jade" Markus Mierse, Senior Manager Graphics Solutions at FME comments: "With MediaLB we further extend our portfolio of in-car networking protocols, which already include all current industry standards"
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Apr 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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"In this way Fujitsu is able to offer customers a multiple-choice of solutions to their particular problem".
"We are excited about the MediaLB project and about future co-operation with SMSC, since together we complement each other's core competencies".
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It allows one or more applications to access the Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST) Network.
MOST technology is a de facto industry standard for automotive multimedia networking of high-bandwidth audio, video and control information or Network data, enabling applications to communicate with minimum effort.
MediaLB is also designed to support future MOST Networks, thereby providing a simple migration path from existing MOST Network architectures to next-generation platforms.
"This has been a highly successful partnership and we have been delighted to work with Fujitsu Microelectronics in order to offer the market an excellent solution for providing sophisticated graphics for both automotive and industrial applications and a seamless connectivity of that graphics power to the MOST multimedia networks", says Harald Kohler, Director Strategic Marketing, SMSC.
Jade is the first device in a new family of graphics controllers from Fujitsu, and is the first Fujitsu SoC to integrate the powerful 32bit ARM926EJ-S CPU core with the company's successful Coral PA graphics processor.
The device is aimed at high-end embedded automotive and industrial graphics applications including onboard and mobile navigation systems, graphical dashboard systems, head-up display units, rear seat entertainment, point-of-sale terminals and industrial control panels.
By incorporating MediaLB technology, Jade is able to efficiently transport multimedia data to SMSC's intelligent network interface controllers (INICs) for its MOST technology, allowing seamless integration into MOST-based infotainment systems.
Based on Fujitsu's proprietary 90nm CMOS process technology, Jade is optimised for applications requiring high CPU performance combined with sophisticated 2D/3D graphics.
It features the ARM926EJ-S, 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.
Further features include an ETM9 (medium) and JTAG ICE interface, eight-channel DMA and 32bit timers.
Core frequency is 320MHz (generated by on-chip PLL).
Onboard peripherals include a unified DDR2 memory supporting 320Mbit/s (up to 128Mbyte), a parallel Flash/SRAM host interface with decryption engine, parallel ATA, SD-Card, CAN, USB (host and function), ADC, DAC, I2C, I2S, PWM, SPI, UART, GPIO and an external interrupt.
Packaged in a 484-pin BGA, Jade requires supply voltages of 3.3V (I/O), 1.8V (DDR2) and 1.2V (internal), and is designed to operate over a temperature range from -40 to +85C.
Display resolutions from 320 x 240 to 1024 x 768 are supported.
For application development support and functional evaluation, a number of stand-alone evaluation boards are available from Fujitsu, 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 commencing in Q4 2007.
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