Floating Point Processor for Embedded Systems

Overview

The FPS6 is a fully 32 bit general purpose CPU featuring single precision floating point, designed to meet the needs of the most demanding embedded systems.

The FPS6 is a modern processor with a high throughput RISC core coupled with a floating point ALU to boost performance. It has a full Harvard architecture. The instructions are 16 bits in length, with a 16 bit extension when needed (no mode switches necessary) giving excellent code density. The pipeline features out-of-order execution enabling nearly all integer instructions to execute in a single cycle, including loads and stores. Interrupts are fully vectored and the architecture ensures a minimum of software overhead in task switches. The processor was designed to execute high level languages, notably C, with ease. The software application can be entirely realised in C, interrupt routines included. The entire GNU GCC toolsuite has been ported to this architecture.

Key Features

IEEE Single Precision Arithmetic
High Throughput RISC Core
Optional Data Cache
Optional Instruction Cache
Optional Co-Processors
5-7 Stage Pipelined Integer Unit
Integer Multiplication and Division
Full Toolchain

Benefits

Floating Point Arithmetic
High performance Integer CPU
High maximum clock frequency, more time sleeping
Good Code Density, less Flash memory required
Dual and Multi-Core, more performance without exploding consumption
Co-processor interface, add algorithmic functionality in hardware, save time and power.
Caches, more complex memory architectures are possible
RTOS support: FreeRTOS, uCLinux, uC/OS II, uC/OSIII, TargetOS
Full Development Environment
Optional Ethernet 10/100 MAC and USB2.0 Peripheral
Optional JTAG-Ethernet Debug Solution

Block Diagram

Applications

Power Control Energy Management
Advanced Sensing Applications
Smart Grid Applications Industrial Automation Heterogeneous Systems
Motor control
Solar inverters
Industrial control

Deliverables

Full Verilog Source Code
Full Toolchain
Graphical Development Environment
Debugger
Standard Peripherals
Full Documentation
Complete Integration Guide
Supplied as Part of a Design Services Contract

Technical Specifications

Foundry, Node

All

Maturity

In Full Production

Availability

Now

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