Industry's First General-Purpose 32-bit RISC-V MCU Core Expands Design Freedom
Daryl Khoo, Renesas
Vendor:
Synopsys, Inc.
Category:
MCU
ARC EM6 32-bit processor core with cache for embedded applications
The ARC® EM4 and EM6 processors are optimized for use in embedded and deeply embedded applications where high performance with mi…
Overview
The ARC® EM4 and EM6 processors are optimized for use in embedded and deeply embedded applications where high performance with minimum power consumption is essential. The cores offer outstanding performance density, delivering 1.81 DMIPS/MHz and 4.18 CoreMark/MHz within a very small footprint and extremely low power consumption.
The ARC EM4 and EM6 processors are based on the ARCv2 instruction set architecture (ISA) and pipeline, which provides leadership power efficiency and code density.
Both the ARC EM4 and EM6 support up to 2MB of closely coupled memory and are ideal for embedded applications in consumer, IoT, networking, automotive and other power- and cost-sensitive applications. The ARC EM6 processor also supports up to 64KB of instruction and data cache.
Key features
- Very small size - 0.01mm2 (28 HPM)
- 1.81 DMIPS/MHz performance, 4.18 CoreMarks/MHz
- Up to 240 interrupts with 16 levels
- 512B - 2MB instruction closely coupled memory (ICCM)
- 512B - 2MB data closely coupled memory (DCCM)
- Up to 64K instruction and data cache (EM6)
- Native ARM® AMBA® AHB™ and AHB-lite™ bus interfaces
- Optional 32x32 or 16x16 multipliers, or both
- Support for custom user extensions - APEX technology
Block Diagram
dwc_arc_em6_core block diagram
Files
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Specifications
Identity
Part Number
dwc_arc_em6_core
Vendor
Synopsys, Inc.
Provider
Synopsys, Inc.
HQ:
USA
Synopsys is a leading provider of high-quality, silicon-proven semiconductor IP solutions for SoC designs. The broad Synopsys IP portfolio includes logic libraries, embedded memories, analog IP, wired and wireless interface IP, security IP, embedded processors and subsystems. To accelerate IP integration, software development, and silicon bring-up, Synopsys’ IP Accelerated initiative provides architecture design expertise, pre-verified and customizable IP subsystems, hardening, and signal/power integrity analysis. Synopsys' extensive investment in IP quality, comprehensive technical support and robust IP development methodology enables designers to reduce integration risk and accelerate time-to-market.
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