RISC-V: Democratizing Innovation in CPU Design
Anika Sunda, Cadence
Vendor:
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Category:
CPU
Tensilica Xtensa NX Processor Platform
32-bit RISC processor with 10-stage pipeline offers performance of over 2GHz suitable for embedded applications with high perform…
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
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Benefits
- Innovation & Differentiation: Create unique differentiated hardware tailored to specific application requirements for optimal performance and energy efficiency
- Future-proof your design: Programming flexibility for OTA updates to enable innovation that results in frequent algorithm updates
- Unmatched Ease of Extensibility: Increased computational and I/O performance by executing multiple independent instructions in parallel and using wide I/O datapaths for virtually unlimited bandwidth
Specifications
Identity
Part Number
Tensilica Xtensa NX Processor Platform
Vendor
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Type
Silicon IP
Compute
CPU Architecture
Xtensa
Files
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Provider
HQ:
USA
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