Perfect integration of 1 GHz ARM® Cortex ™ -A8® and 800MHz C64x + ™ DSP Compared with the OMAP3530 device, the hardware can achieve a 50% increase in ARM performance and a 40% increase in DSP performance, and 2 times the graphics performance with a 40% reduction in power consumption Beijing, August 17, 2010 / PR Newswire Asia /-A few days ago, Texas Instruments (TI) announced the launch of the latest DaVinci ™ DM37x video processor to help software and hardware engineers easily design more rich media and Portable applications. The DM3730 and DM3725 use ARM® Cortex ™ -A8 and C64x + ™ DSP cores to integrate image and video accelerators (IVA), 3D graphics processors (DM3730 only) and high-performance peripherals (USB 2.0, SD / MMC), ideal for applications requiring high-definition video processing or large-scale data processing. These applications include navigation systems, media players, medical patient monitoring equipment, industrial measurement and test equipment, industrial vision, and portable communications. The DM37x processor is software compatible with the OMAP35x series processors and pin-to-pin compatible with Sitara ™ AM37x devices, making it easy to upgrade products to higher performance options. The difference between DM3730 and DM3725 is that DM3725 does not have a 3D graphics accelerator. Customers upgrading from OMAP3530 to DM3730 can achieve a 50% increase in ARM performance and a 40% increase in DSP performance, as well as a 2x increase in graphics performance, when power consumption drops by about 40%. 800MHz C64x + ™ DSP and hardware video accelerator can realize audio and HD 720p video decoding and encoding independent of ARM processor (supporting audio and video codec), which can be further extended on ARM to run more advanced applications and support A variety of responsive 2D or 3D graphical user interfaces for applications such as industrial personal digital assistants (PDAs). The DSP engine is programmable and supports multiple general signal processing tasks, such as digital filtering, mathematical functions, and image processing and analysis. For example, in industrial applications using cameras, the DSP can run an edge detection algorithm on the video output by the camera to detect whether certain people or objects are in the picture. TI provides developers with a complete software development kit (SDK) that minimizes development costs and accelerates the time-to-market process. It contains all the components that developers need to evaluate the product and start development work. It can be passed in a few minutes. The DM3730 evaluation board (EVM) starts development. For more details, please visit: http://focus.ti.com.cn/cn/docs/prod/folders/print/dm3730.html. The main features and advantages of DM3730: | Main features | Advantage | | The DM3730 and DM3725 are not only pin compatible and software compatible with each other, but also compatible with Sitara ™ AM3715 and AM3703 processors. Each device can be configured to work at multiple operating points that support low-power or high-performance modes; | Provide many price, feature and power consumption options, can meet the needs of various terminal products on the basis of one-time investment in hardware and software; | | TMS320C64x + DSP up to 800MHz supports 720p 30 frames per second (fps) high-definition video encoding and decoding; | Can realize high-intensity signal analysis, processing and seamless HD video decoding for multimedia applications; | | DM3730 has PowerVR 200MHz graphics accelerator, supports OpenGL ES 2.0, can render 20 million polygons per second, and has an advanced display subsystem; | Enable developers to create user interfaces that support excellent 3D graphical navigation functions for realistic results; | | Compared with the OMAP3530, the performance of the LPDDR controller is increased by 20%, and the L1 cache is improved by 100% (improved memory bandwidth). | It can improve multiprocessor performance and reduce latency. |
Software and Support Customers can immediately start the development of their design solutions through the TMDXEVM3730 EVM that includes the TI Bluetooth (Bluetooth) WiFi module, which can help simplify development. The SDK contains the Linux kernel 2.6.32 circuit board support kit, supporting graphical user interface, graphics, applications, demonstrations and development utilities. In addition, the SDK also provides a royalty-free DSP-optimized signal processing algorithm library, which can be directly accessed from the ARM processor through various easy-to-use application programming interfaces (APIs). The DSP library contains more than 80 algorithms, including multimedia decoders and encoders, mathematical functions, digital filtering (including fast Fourier transform (FFT), etc.), and image processing (including image filtering and analysis). Currently provides Linux and Android operating system support. Windows CE â„¢ support will also be available in the fourth quarter of 2010. Price and availability Customers can download the DM3730 software used on the DM3730 evaluation board to start the design work, and TMDXEVM3730 can be ordered through TI. In addition, customers can also develop through BeagleBoard-xM, the low-cost open-source community board using DM3730 can be ordered through Digi-Key. DM3730 can be ordered through the following website: http: //. Check out the following links for more details about TI DM3730 and DM3725: Da Vinci DM3730 homepage: http: //; DM3730 product information: http: //; DM3730 product manual: http: //; DM3725 product information: http://focus.ti.com.cn/cn/docs/prod /folders/print/dm3725.html; DM3725 Product Manual: http: //; AM / DM37x Evaluation Board: http://focus.ti.com.cn/cn/docs/toolsw/folders/print/tmdx3730evm.html; trademark OMAP â„¢, DaVinci â„¢ and TMS32064x â„¢ are trademarks of Texas Instruments. All other trademarks and registered trademarks belong to their respective owners. About Texas Instruments Texas Instruments (TI) has always been committed to helping customers calmly meet any design challenge, thereby developing innovative electronic solutions to make the future world smarter, healthier, safer, more environmentally friendly and more exciting. As a global semiconductor company, TI has manufacturing, design or sales organizations in more than 30 countries around the world. TI is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the transaction code is TXN. For further information about TI, please check http: //. Toll-free hotline at TI Semiconductor Product Information Center. SOURCE Texas Instruments |