Vendor: Synopsys, Inc. Category: DSP Core

128-bit Vector DSP IP, Single Core with Functional Safety

The ASIL B and C compliant ARC® VPXxFS DSP IP is a family of VLIW/SIMD processors enabling automotive system-on-chip (SoC) design…

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Overview

The ASIL B and C compliant ARC® VPXxFS DSP IP is a family of VLIW/SIMD processors enabling automotive system-on-chip (SoC) designers to accelerate advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), RADAR and LiDAR sensor processing application development and ISO26262 certification for systems using digital signal processing.

The VPXxFS Family supports multiple vector lengths and core configurations:

128-bit vector word – VPX2FS (single core), VPX2FSx2 (dual core)

256-bit vector word – VPX3FS (single core), VPX3FSx2 (dual core)

12-bit vector word – VPX5FS (single core), VPX5FSx2 (dual core), VPX5FSx4 (quad core)

The VPXxFS Family comes with integrated hardware safety features such as ECC protection for memories and interfaces, safety monitors and lockstep mechanisms that achieve the most stringent levels of ISO 26262 functional safety compliance.

To speed application software development, the VPXxFS Family is supported by the vendor’s ARC MetaWare tools, which provide a comprehensive and vector-length agnostic software programming environment that enables code portability among all members of the VPXxFS family. The tool suite includes a safety-certified optimizing C/C++ vector compiler, debugger, instruction set simulator, as well as vector-based DSP, machine learning inference and linear algebra libraries.

Key features

  • Integrated hardware safety features with minimal area and power impact for full ASIL compliance (ASIL D systematic, up to ASIL C random)
  • Four-way VLIW architecture combining scalar and vector operations
  • 128-bit, 256-bit and 512-bit vector lengths
  • 8, 16, and 32-bit integer SIMD engines
  • IEEE 754-compliant vector floating point unit option offers single-precision or half precision operations and advanced math functions
    • Dual vector floating point SIMD pipes
    • Hardware acceleration for linear and non-linear math functions
  • Single- and multicore-configured offerings
  • ARC MetaWare tools including a safety certified auto-vectorizing C/C++ compiler, debugger, simulator, vector DSP and vector linear algebra libraries, and neural network SDK

Block Diagram

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Specifications

Identity

Part Number
dwc_arc_vpx2fs_dsp
Vendor
Synopsys, Inc.
Type
Silicon IP

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Provider

Synopsys, Inc.
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