Overview
The TMS320C6415T, part of the TMS320C64x™ family, is a high-performance fixed-point Digital Signal Processor (DSP) from Texas Instruments. This DSP is based on the second-generation VelociTI.2™ very-long-instruction-word (VLIW) architecture, making it an excellent choice for wireless infrastructure and other high-performance applications. The C64x devices offer up to 5760 million instructions per second (MIPS) at a clock rate of 720 MHz, providing cost-effective solutions to complex DSP programming challenges. They combine the operational flexibility of high-speed controllers with the numerical capability of array processors.
Key Specifications
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Instruction Cycle Time | 1.67-/1.39-/1.17-/1-ns |
| Clock Rate | 600-/720-/850-MHz, 1-GHz |
| Instructions/Cycle | Eight 32-Bit Instructions |
| Operations/Cycle | Twenty-Eight Operations |
| MIPS | 4800, 5760, 6800, 8000 MIPS |
| Functional Units | Eight Highly Independent Functional Units (Six ALUs, Two Multipliers) |
| General-Purpose Registers | 64 32-Bit General-Purpose Registers |
| Cache Architecture | L1P: 128K-Bit Direct Mapped Cache, L1D: 128K-Bit 2-Way Set-Associative Cache, L2: 8M-Bit Unified Mapped RAM/Cache |
| External Memory Interfaces | Two EMIFs (64-Bit EMIFA, 16-Bit EMIFB) |
| Package | 532-Pin Ball Grid Array (BGA) Package (GLZ, ZLZ, CLZ Suffixes) |
| Operating Temperature Range | 0 to 90°C |
| Process Technology | 0.09-µm/7-Level CMOS Process |
Key Features
- Highest-Performance Fixed-Point DSPs with up to 8000 MIPS at 1 GHz clock rate
- VelociTI.2™ Extensions to VelociTI™ Advanced VLIW Architecture
- Eight Highly Independent Functional Units: Six ALUs and Two Multipliers
- Non-Aligned Load-Store Architecture and Instruction Packing to Reduce Code Size
- All Instructions Conditional and Byte-Addressable (8-/16-/32-/64-Bit Data)
- L1/L2 Memory Architecture with Flexible Allocation
- Enhanced Direct-Memory-Access (EDMA) Controller with 64 Independent Channels
- Host-Port Interface (HPI) with User-Configurable Bus Width (32-/16-Bit)
- 32-Bit/33-MHz, 3.3-V PCI Master/Slave Interface Conforms to PCI Specification 2.2
- Three Multichannel Buffered Serial Ports and UTOPIA Level 2 Slave ATM Controller
- Sixteen General-Purpose I/O (GPIO) Pins and Flexible PLL Clock Generator
- IEEE-1149.1 (JTAG) Boundary-Scan-Compatible
Applications
The TMS320C6415T is designed for high-performance applications, particularly in wireless infrastructure, such as:
- Baseband processing in wireless communication systems
- Channel decoding and turbo decoding operations
- Multichannel and multifunction applications
- High-speed data processing and numerical computations
- Embedded systems requiring advanced DSP capabilities
Q & A
- What is the maximum clock rate of the TMS320C6415T?
The maximum clock rate of the TMS320C6415T is 1 GHz.
- How many instructions can the TMS320C6415T execute per cycle?
The TMS320C6415T can execute eight 32-bit instructions per cycle.
- What is the total addressable external memory space for the TMS320C6415T?
The total addressable external memory space is 1280M bytes.
- Does the TMS320C6415T support PCI interface?
- What type of package does the TMS320C6415T come in?
The TMS320C6415T comes in a 532-Pin Ball Grid Array (BGA) package.
- What is the operating temperature range of the TMS320C6415T?
The operating temperature range is 0 to 90°C.
- Does the TMS320C6415T support UTOPIA interface?
- How many general-purpose timers does the TMS320C6415T have?
The TMS320C6415T has three 32-bit general-purpose timers.
- Is the TMS320C6415T compatible with other C6000 DSPs?
- What is the process technology used in the TMS320C6415T?
The TMS320C6415T uses a 0.09-µm/7-Level CMOS process technology.
