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Processor Overviews

BDTI Resources on Processor Architectures and Performance

The tables below show the resources available from BDTI for 69 architectures from 22 vendors. The tables are organized to show:
  • Vendor
  • Part name
  • Type of processor (whether it is available as a chip, a core, or both)
  • Link to BDTI processor overview
  • Links to other BDTI information
for processors that are currently available and processors now obsolete.

The Processor Overviews provided on this page are intended to be used as a reference by DSP engineers and designers who need to quickly compare the basic architectural features of currently available DSPs and general-purpose processors. Each overview descibes such key processor features as data path, memory architecture, and peripherals. Although the overviews are updated regularly, BDTI recommends that readers contact chip vendors for authoritative information.

The Processor Overviews are excerpted from BDTI's technical publications, including reports in its Inside series, several editions of its Buyer's Guide to DSP Processors, and DSP on General-Purpose Processors. Links to these reports and other BDTI resources are provided under “Other BDTI Information.”

Last updated January 2005

Current Processors

Vendor	Part	Chip, Core, or Both	Processor Overview	Other BDTI Information [1]
Agere Systems	DSP16xxx	Chip	X	BG01
Analog Devices	ADSP-219x and ADSP-2199x	Chip	X	BG01
	ADSP-21xxx (SHARC)	Chip	X	BG04
	ADSP-BF5xx (Blackfin)	Chip	X	I, S, BG04
	ADSP-TS20x (TigerSHARC)	Chip	X	BG04
ARM	ARM7	Both	X	I
	ARM9	Both	X	I
	ARM9E	Core	X	I
CEVA	CEVA-X1620	Core		I
CEVA	CEVA-X1640	Core		I
Clarkspur Design	CD245x	Core	X
Freescale	DSP563xx	Chip	X	BG04
	DSP566xx	Chip	X
	DSP56F8xx (5800)	Chip	X	BG01
	DSP5685x and 56F8xxx (5800E)	Chip	X	BG04
	MSC711x and MSC81xx	Chip	X	BG04
Freescale/IBM	PowerPC 604/604e	Chip	X	GPP
Intel	MMX Pentium	Chip	X	GPP
	Pentium	Chip	X	GPP
	PXA255 and PXA26x	Chip	X
LSI Logic	LSI40x (ZSP400)	Chip	X
	ZSP400	Core	X
	ZSP500	Core	X	I, S
NEC	μPD77050 (SPXK5)	Chip	X
STMicroelectronics	D950-CORE	Core	X
Renesas	SH2-DSP	Chip	X	I
	SH3-DSP	Chip	X	I
	SH-4	Both		I
	SH-5	Core		I
StarCore	SC1200	Core	X	I
StarCore	SC1400	Core	X	I
Tensilica	Xtensa LX	Core		S
Texas Intruments	TMS320C54x	Chip	X	BG01
	TMS320C55x	Chip	X	BG04
	TMS320C62x	Chip	X	BG04
	TMS320C64x	Chip	X	S, BG04
	TMS320C67x	Chip	X	S, BG04

Obsolete Processors

Vendor	Part	Chip, Core, or Both	Processor Overview	Other BDTI Information [1]
3DSP	SP-5	Core		S, I
3Soft	M320C25	Core	X
3Soft	M320C50	Core	X
Agere Systems	DSP16xx	Chip	X
	DSP32C	Chip	X
	DSP32xx	Chip	X
Analog Devices	ADSP-218x	Chip	X	BG01
	ADSP-21020	Chip	X
	ADSP-2106x	Chip	X	BG01
	ADSP-21cspxx	Chip	X
	ADSP-TS101S	Chip	X	BG01
Clarkspur Design	CD2400	Core	X
CEVA	CEVA-Oak	Core	X
CEVA	CEVA-Pine	Core	X
Freescale	DSP560xx	Chip	X
	DSP561xx	Chip	X
	DSP9600x	Chip	X
Infineon	Carmel 10xx	Core	X
Integrated Device Technology	R4650	Chip	X	GPP
IBM	MDSP2780	Chip	X
NEC	uPD7701x	Chip	X
Texas Intruments	TMS320C1x	Chip	X
	TMS320C2x	Chip	X
	T320C2xLP	Core	X	BG01
	TMS320C2xx	Chip	X	BG01
	TMS320C3x	Chip	X	BG01
	TMS320C4x	Chip	X
	TMS320C5x	Chip	X
	TMS320C8x	Chip	X
Zilog	893xx	Chip	X
Zilog	Z894xx	Chip	X
Zoran	ZR38xx	Chip	X

NOTE:

[1] S = BDTI Summary Report
      I = Inside Report
      BG01 = Buyer's Guide to DSP Processors, 2001 Edition
      BG04 = Buyer's Guide to DSP Processors, 2004 Edition
      GPP = DSP on General-Purpose Processors

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