The C67x+T DSP generation-based core is a C-efficient, VLIW architecture that offers significant performance improvements at never before seen price points. At a real-world price/performance ratio comparable to any floating-point DSP on the market, vendors can now choose the optimal DSP for their high-quality products with the confidence of selecting the world’s most widely-deployed
DSP vendor.
The C6720 DSP, which runs at 200MHz, is pin for pin compatible with the TMS320C6722 and TMS320C6726 DSPs, providing a scaleable migration path for developers. Additionally, this device has 64KB of on-chip RAM, a 32KB instruction cache, and a 384KB ROM. This ROM is preloaded with DSP/BIOST, a real-time DSP kernel, as well as optimized DSP libraries of commonly used
functions. The device also features the flexible and powerful dMAX DMA engine, which lifts application performance by significantly off-loading input/output (I/O) processing tasks from the DSP core.
This low-cost DSP arms vendors and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with the ability to deliver end products to customers faster. By offering an affordable DSP that developers can both prototype as well as implement, TI’s C6720 DSP eliminates the need to convert floating-point prototypes into fixed-point designs, decreasing time-to-market for designers. The C6720 DSP is fully supported by a number of TI development tools and kits and extensive TI DSP Third Party Network.
Customers are already leveraging the Lyrtech-designed Professional Audio Development Kit (PADK), which enables developers to quickly evaluate the performance of the C672x DSP generation and begin product development immediately. TI also offers DSP development tools such as Code Composer
StudioT Integrated Development Environment (IDE), which eliminates the need for assembly code and creates an easy-to-maintain code base.
With the release of the new C6720 DSP, coupled with the already established C6722, C6726 and C6727 DSPs, TI extends its scaleable family of floating-point digital signal processors, giving vendors a broad range of signal processors that meet their various needs. Never before have developers of medical, biometric and audio applications been able to select a single floating-point DSP architecture for a full range of end products, from low-end to high-end.