
Analog Devices Inc. SHARC® Processors
Analog Devices Inc. SHARC® Processors dominate the floating-point DSP market with exceptional core and memory performance and outstanding I/O throughput. These processors are based on a Super Harvard Architecture that balances exceptional core and memory performance with outstanding I/O throughput capabilities. The SHARC processors integrate large memory arrays and application-specific peripherals designed to simplify product development and reduce time to market. These processors are used in automotive, process control, and motor control applications.Features
- 32/40-Bit IEEE floating-point math
- 32-bit Fixed-point multipliers with 64-bit product & 80-bit accumulation
- No arithmetic pipeline
- Six nested levels of zero-overhead looping in hardware
- Rich, algebraic assembly language syntax
- Instruction set supports conditional arithmetic, bit manipulation, divide & square root, bit field deposit and extract
- DMA allows zero-overhead background transfers at full clock rate without processor intervention
Applications
- Automotive
- Motor and power control
- Process control
- Security and surveillance
- Test and measurement
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SHARC+ Processors
Analog Devices Inc. SHARC+ Processors provide dual-enhanced high-performance floating point cores. These processors offer low system power across automotive temperature range. The SHARC+ processors have a large on-chip L2 SRAM with ECC protection upto 1MB.
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Features
- Up to 450MHz per SHARC+ core
- Up to 3Mb L1 SRAM memory per core with parity (optional ability to configure as cache)
- 32-bit, 40-bit, and 64-bit floating point support
- 32-bit fixed support
- Powerful DMA system
- On-chip memory protection
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Publicado: 2013-05-23
| Actualizado: 2022-05-19