Embedded system blog and directory

Share/BookmarkSubscribe

Texas Instruments Sitara AM3715 and AM3703 Microprocessor Units

Posted by Ken Cheung in Microcontrollers on Monday, June 7, 2010

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced the Sitara AM3715 and AM3703 microprocessor units (MPUs) with 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8. Both the AM3715 and AM3703 offer a nearly 40% increase in ARM performance. developers can increase application battery life with up to 30% decrease in power consumption compared to previous MPUs in the Sitara family. The AM3715 and AM3703 MPUs are available for sampling and priced at USD $26 for the AM3715 and $22.50 for the AM3703 in 1,000 unit quantities (1ku).

Texas Instruments (TI) Sitara AM3715 and AM3703 microprocessor units (MPUs) with 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8

TI AM3715/03 Applications Processor Features

  • Compatible to OMAP 3 Architecture
  • 1-GHz ARM Cortex-A8 Core
  • ARMv7 Architecture
  • Trust Zone
  • Thumb-2
  • MMU Enhancements
  • In-Order, Dual-Issue, Superscalar Microprocessor Core
  • NEON Multimedia Architecture
  • Over 2x Performance of ARMv6 SIMD
  • Supports Both Integer and Floating Point SIMD
  • POWERVR SGX Graphics Accelerator
  • Tile Based Architecture Delivering up to 19 MPoly/sec
  • Universal Scalable Shader Engine: Multi-threaded Engine Incorporating Pixel and Vertex Shader Functionality
  • Industry Standard API Support: OpenGLES 1.1 and 2.0, OpenVG1.0
  • Fine Grained Task Switching, Load Balancing, and Power Management
  • Programmable High Quality Image Anti-Aliasing

More info: Texas Instruments Sitara ARM Cortex A8 and ARM9 Microprocessors

Related Posts with Thumbnails

Custom Search

Embedded Star Newsletter
Don't have time to visit Embedded Blog everyday? Then sign up for our free newsletter. We'll send you an email when we have something to share with you. Your email address will be kept confidential and we will not share, sell, or rent it to anyone. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking a link in the email.

Enter your email address to sign up for our free newsletter:  

If you are familiar with RSS feeds, you can also sign up for our free blog feed. Our RSS feed is updated in real-time while our newsletter is updated daily.