Industry's First General-Purpose 32-bit RISC-V MCU Core Expands Design Freedom
Daryl Khoo, Renesas
Vendor:
Aldec, Inc.
Category:
MCU
Instruction Set Compatible with the 8051 8-bit Microcontroller Architecture
IP-AL8051S soft core is instruction set compatible with the 8051 8-bit microcontroller architecture and can achieve average perfo…
Overview
IP-AL8051S soft core is instruction set compatible with the 8051 8-bit microcontroller architecture and can achieve average performance of up to 20 million instructions per second.
Key features
- Opcode and Cycle Equivalent to Standard 8051
- Support for Intel Hex file format
- Up to 4K Bytes internal Program Memory (ROM)
- Up to 128 Bytes internal Data Memory (RAM)
- Up to 64K Bytes external Program Memory address space
- Up to 64K Bytes external Data Memory address space
- Up to 128 Special Function Registers (SFR)
- 32 bidirectional and individually addressable I/O Lines
- Two 16-bit timer/counters
- Full Duplex UART (Serial Port)
- 6-Source/5-Vector Interrupt Structure with Two Priority Levels
Specifications
Identity
Part Number
IP-AL8051S
Vendor
Aldec, Inc.
Type
Silicon IP
Files
Note: some files may require an NDA depending on provider policy.
Provider
Aldec, Inc.
HQ:
USA
Aldec is a provider of synthesizable IP cores that have superior characteristics to FPGA and CPLD vendor provided parts. Since all cores are written strictly in syntesizable VHDL, the designs are portable between devices. Currently employing 20 highly experienced electronic engineers, Aldec is a full-service design house, offering both design services and high quality, low cost synthesizable cores such as microcontrollers, peripherals and bus interfaces. Aldec staff has expertise in system design and verification, especially for Altera and Xilinx devices and can do specialized SoC designs to customer specification.
Dedication and receptiveness to customer's needs are of the highest importance to us. Aldec cores are present in the world-famous Design Reuse IP center, and we are currently in the process of joining the Xilinx AllianceCORE program.
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