3D-like multicore GPU

Overview

NEMA®|pico XL-Series is the only no-compromise graphics solution offering SoC-optimized GPU IP bundled with a feature-complete design and targeting the most competitive PPA for mid to high-end wearables and embedded IoT display products. This holistic approach aims to reduce the overall system power by minimizing memory and display access without sacrificing graphics quality and performance.

Key Features

HARWARE COMPONENTS

Programmable Shader engine with a VLIW instruction set
Command list based DMAs to minimize CPU overhead
Primitive Rasterizer
Texture Mapping Unit
Blending Unit
Display Controller (optional)

IMAGE TRANSFORMATION

Texture mapping
Point sampling
Bilinear filtering
Blit support
Rotation any angle
Mirroring
Stretch (independently on x and y axis)
Source and/or destination color keying
Format conversions on the fly
3D-like Perspective Correct Projections

BLENDING SUPPORT

Fully Programmable Alpha blending modes (source and destination)
Source/Destination color keying

TEXT RENDERING SUPPORTS

Bitmap antialiased (A1 | A2 | A4 | A8 )
Font Kerning
Unicode (UTF8)

DRAWING PRIMITIVES

Pixel / Line drawing
Filled rectangles
Triangles (Gouraud Shaded)
Quadrilateral

COLOR FORMATS

32-bit RGBA8888 | BGRA8888 | ABGR8888
24-bit RGB
16-bit RGBA5551 | RGB565
8-bit ?8 | L8 | RGB332
4-bit A4 | L4
2-bit A2 | L2
1-bit A1 | L1
YUV Read Only
TSCTM*4 (4 bits per pixel) (optional)
TSCTM6 | TSCTM6a (6 bits per pixel w/o alpha) (optional)
* Think Silicon Compression (proprietary)

ANTIALISING

8x MSAA
Quadrilaterals per edge
Triangles per edge
Antialiased Thick lines
Antialiased Circles

Block Diagram

Video

Nema|pico accelerating DirectFB - df_dok benchmark

Applications

BIZ Class - Small to Midsized Displays (1,5" - 10")
LE Entertainment | Home Control | Appliances | Wearables | IoT | Embedded | Data Center | Video Overlay | Small Instrument Cluster

Deliverables

RTL, test suite, manual, driver, API (NEMAgfx)

Technical Specifications

Foundry, Node

22,28,40,65

Maturity

silicon proven

Availability

now

GLOBALFOUNDRIES

In Production: 20nm LPM

TSMC

In Production: 28nm HPC

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