Tensilica Xtensa NX Processor Platform

Overview

32-bit RISC processor with 10-stage pipeline offers performance of over 2GHz suitable for embedded applications with high performance, large memories, and compute-intensive requirements

The Cadence® Tensilica® Xtensa® NX processor platform is the newest addition to the Xtensa customizable processors with a performance of over 2GHz suitable for embedded applications that require high performance and large memories, and for performing compute-intensive tasks. The Xtensa NX processor is built on the highly successful energy-efficient Xtensa Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) with various architectural enhancements, including a deeper pipeline, new interrupt architecture, branch prediction, and many more, while offering the same level of configurability and extensibility that Xtensa processors are known for.

Key Features

  • 10-stage pipeline
  • Configurable instruction and data caches and local memories
  • Extensibility with application-specific instructions, execution units, register files, and I/Os
  • Enhanced Arm® AMBA® 4 AXI bus interface with protocol support for ACE-Lite, Exclusive Access, Security and ECC
  • IEEE 754-compliant single-precision and double-precision floating-point unit
  • Low-latency Integrated DMA (iDMA) controller
  • Memory protection unit (MPU)
  • Enhanced Functional Safety features and documentation to support ISO 26262 compliance
  • Industry-standard debug features like JTAG and multi-core debug support

Applications

  • Automotive,
  • Communications,
  • Consumer Electronics,
  • Data Processing,
  • Industrial and Medical,
  • Military/Civil Aerospace,
  • Others

Technical Specifications

Maturity
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