Applied Micro Circuits (AppliedMicro) introduced the APM 821xx processor. Samples of the AppliedMicro APM821xx single-core system-on-a-chip (SoC) devices are available now. Production quantities are expected in the second quarter. Packaging is in a ROHS compliant, 18mm × 18mm, 345-ball FBGA. Limited sample quantities of the APM821xx family are available at less than $20 for quantities of 10,000 pieces.
The APM 821xx processor offers up to 1GHz CPU speeds capable of delivering up to 2,000 DMIPS (Dhrystone Millions of Instructions per Second) of compute performance to enable storage platforms that can deliver more than 16 simultaneous streams of high definition video for home networking applications. The chip is based on a Power Architecture 464 processor core with 256 KB Level 2 cache, FPU, 16-bit or 32-bit DDR-2 SDRAM memory controller, integrated turbo security engine and NAND Flash controller.
APM82181 Block Diagram
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APM82161 Block Diagram
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A high-degree of integration on the APM821xx, including a TCP/IP offload engine for networking applications and on-chip RAID 5 acceleration, reduces system part counts and board space for developers and helps them meet BOM goals. The APM821xx family also features a 128-bit high-bandwidth bus architecture with integrated PCI-Express, SATA, Gigabit Ethernet and USB 2.0 OTG interfaces. Dissipation is typically less than 3.5 watts in operational settings and less than 0.6W in standby situations.
Features
- High Performance Embedded Processors targeting low power and small form factor applications
- Processor speed: Up to 1Ghz
- 600 MHz, 800Mhz and 1GHz skews available
- Floating Point Operations
- USB2.0, SATA, GigE, PCIe support
- Integrated Security Engine
- NAND Flash support
- Low Power Dissipation
- Gen 1 PCI Express Interface
- One Gen1×1 lane PCI-Express interface (2.5 GB/s per lane)
- Configurable as root or end-point
- SATA
- Up to two SATA controllers operating at up to 3.0 Gb/s each with integrated SERDES
- RAID5
- On-chip RAID5 acceleration
- Ethernet Port and TCP/IP Acceleration
- One Ethernet 10/100/1000-Mbit/s, full-duplex MAC (RGMII/MII)
- TCP/IP Acceleration Hardware and Jumbo Frame support
- Turbo Security (Optional)
- On-chip IPSec/SSL acceleration with header/trailer processing
- Supports DES, 3DES, AES, ARC-4 encryption, MD-5, SHA-1,
- and SHA-256 hashing
- True and Pseudo random number generators (TRNG/PRNG)
- Public key accelerator (PKA)
- USB 2.0 OTG Interface with Integrated PHY
- Operates at 1.5/12/480 Mbps
- External Bus Interface
- Up to 100 MHz, 8-bit data bus external bus control (EBC) interface
- NAND Flash Controller
- Supports one to three banks of NAND Flash memory devices
- Secure Boot using an on-chip 2-KB BootROM
- Initial Program Loader in 2-KB BootRom checks for ECCwhen copying block 0 to on-chip SRAM
- ECC generation - hamming code, single-bit correction, double-bit detection (SEC/DED):
- ECC generation assist software with ECC checking of SLC NAND
- Standard Peripherals
- On-chip real-time clock with external battery backup capability
- Up to two UARTs (1×4-pin or 2×2-pin)
- Two IIC (with one integrated boot strap controller)
- One SPI/SCP serial interface
- 32 General-Purpose I/O
- Support for JTAG board testing, JTAG debuggers, and 4xx instruction trace
Comprehensive evaluation kit for APM82181 processor
- EV-APM82181-KIT-01 (price target below $800)
- For use in processor evaluation as well as early software development
- Setup in 30 minutes or less, no FAE support required
- All-inclusive: no additional cables, power supplies or software required.
- Custom Linux-based board, developed by AppliedMicro
- Micro-ATX form-factor (4- or 6-layer, TBD)
- 1.0 GHz APM82181 (“Maui-Hi”) processor
- 1 GB DDR2-667 SDRAPM, 32b, non-ECC
- 4 MB NOR flash, 2 GB NAND flash
- One 10/100/1G Ethernet port, two serial ports
- One SATA port
- One x1 PCIe connector , configurable as second SATA port
- One USB OTG port
- Industry-standard JTAG and trace connectors
Extensive software resources included
- Resource CD with benchmarks, utilities, sample applications and documentation
- Software tools CDs from industry-standard tools suppliers.
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