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SOURCE: Texas Instruments Semiconductor Group
Industry's Fastest and Most Integrated
DSP from Texas Instruments Powers Third-Generation Wireless Base
Stations and Telecommunications Infrastructure
TMS320C6203 DSP Today Designed into Eight out
of Top 10 3G Wireless Base Station Original
Equipment Manufacturers
HOUSTON, May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The world leader in
digital signal processors (DSPs) and analog, Texas Instruments
(NYSE: TXN - news; TI), today introduced the industry's
fastest DSP that runs at 300 megahertz (MHz). The new device
integrates 7 megabits (Mbits) of memory, the largest amount
of memory on any single-core DSP to date. The combination
of speed, performance and integration will drive multi-channel,
multi-function applications like third-generation (3G) wireless
base stations, telecommunications and network infrastructure
equipment. See www.ti.com/sc/c6000.
Executing 2400 million instructions per second (MIPS), the
TMS320C6203 reduces the overall system cost by packing
more channels into less space with lower per-channel power
consumption. Among the companies which have made the
decision to use the 'C6203 in their 3G wireless base stations is
Ericsson, the world's largest supplier of wireless systems. In
making its choice, Ericsson cited the high level of system
integration and performance offered by the 'C6203.
''Designers can begin developing today because the new
'C6203 is code- and pin- compatible with the currently
sampling 'C6202 at 250MHz,'' said Pradeep Bardia, product
marketing manager, Texas Instruments. ''The 'C6203 is the
sixth code-compatible member of the world's
highest-performing DSP platform which clearly shows that TI
is not just making promises for DSP performance: TI is
delivering many products on the industry-leading performance
architecture.''
TI's Innovative New Process Enables Increased Speed and
Integration
The 'C6203 breaks ground with a new 0.15-micron L-effective
(0.18-micron drawn) Complementary MOS (CMOS)
manufacturing process, both increasing transistor speed and
lowering power consumption to allow a higher level of
integration in minimal space. The device operates with a 1.5-V
internal voltage and 3.3-V I/O voltage; therefore it only
consumes 660 mW of CPU power while executing 2400 MIPS
at 300 MHz.
With 3 Mbits of on-chip program static random-access
memory (SRAM) and 4 Mbits of on-chip data SRAM, the
'C6203 enables system designers to eliminate the need for any
external memory for high performance, multi-channel
applications. Software does not incur the delays inherent in
using off-chip memory, and hardware does not require the
additional board space and expense in cost and power of
external memory devices. Integrated peripherals include dual
32-bit buses (an external memory interface (EMIF) bus and an
expansion bus); three multi-channel buffered serial ports and
two 32-bit timers. The 0.15-micron process technology allows
the 'C6203 to be fabricated in an 18-sq. mm (0.4 square inch)
ball-grid array (BGA) package resulting in even greater space
savings in high-density systems.
Performance Enriches Multi-Channel Applications,
Accommodates Full T-1 Span With its high performance and large
on-chip memory, the 'C6203 will allow
original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of telecommunications equipment to pack more channels into less space, thus enabling a variety of applications like V.90 modems.
''A full T-1 span of V.90 modems on a single chip is now
reality,'' said Amnon Gavish, Ph.D., and CEO of Surf
Communication Solution Ltd. ''As a result of using the 'C6203
with 7 Mbits of internal memory, we will achieve the highest
modem access density and widely outperform other solutions
implemented on dedicated modem chips. The 'C6203
combined with Surf's open-system design delivers complete
universal access convergence of data-modem, voice and fax
along with advanced management, diagnostic and quality of
systems benefits. Our time-to-market will be slashed because
our existing 'C6000 solutions will be migrated with little effort
to the software compatible 'C6203.''
Additional key applications that the 'C6203 addresses are 3G
wireless base stations, which will enable the delivery of data,
video and other types of information along with voice over
wireless telephone links. The 'C6203 DSP today is designed
into eight out of the top 10 3G wireless base station
manufacturers.
Converged wireline networks, which deliver voice, video and
data on the same line, will also require the processing power of
the 'C6203. Telecom switches, programmable xDSL modems,
imaging systems, videophones and videoconferencing systems,
multi-channel vocoders and voice gateways will also benefit
from the greater performance and integration of the 'C6203.
New TI Analog Components to Support 'C6000 Platform DSPs for Faster Time-to-Market As the world leader in analog for a second consecutive
year, TI continues its commitment to provide data converter and power
management products for TMS320 DSPs with the new 'C6203. TI now offers a pin-compatible 8-12 bit family of high-speed digital-to-analog converters (DACs) that are tailored to communications applications and ease communications system design. These three new 8-12 bit, 100 mega-samples-per-second communications digital-to- analog converters (CommsDACs), which are designated as the THS5641, THS5651 and THS5661 respectively, are able to improve the efficiency of a system's DSP.
''By releasing this CommsDAC family with the 'C6203 DSP,
TI provides communication systems designers with a complete
solution of digital signal processing and analog interfacing
products, which help optimize system design and shorten
time-to-market,'' said Tom Lahutsky, new product development
manager for TI's Mixed Signal Products Group.
TI plans to support a complete base transceiver station solution
reference design, which includes four analog-to-digital
converters, a 4-channel digital down converter and a 'C620x
EVM with software drivers. In addition to the CommsDACs, TI
also offers leading-edge power management solutions for the
'C6203 in the forms of the TPS5615 processor power supply
controller (supports 1.5 V core) and the TPS7133 (supports
3.3 V I/O). For more information, see
ti.com and
ti.com.
Begin Development with the 'C6203 Today
The 'C6202 device, which is sampling today, is code- and
pin-compatible, allowing designers to get a head start with
'C6203-based system designs. The 'C6203 and the 'C6000
platform feature the industry's most sophisticated suite of
development tools, including the best-in-class C compiler, that
deliver unprecedented time-to-market advantages and the
largest network of third parties in the DSP industry.
Programmers can download Code Composer(TM), TI's
leading-edge development environment for the 'C6000 DSP
platform, for a free 30-day evaluation. Future plans include a
rich spectrum of industry-standard vocoders and algorithms
from third parties to help further reduce time-to-market.
Availability, Packaging, Pricing
The TMS320C6203 will be available in 300-MHz and
250-MHz versions, both packaged in ultra-small 18- and 27-sq.
mm (0.4 and 0.7 square inches, respectively) BGA packages to
conserve board/system space. Sampling is planned for the
fourth quarter of 1999, with volume production planned for the
third quarter of 2000. Suggested pricing is $179 each in
quantities of 25,000 for the 300-MHz version, and $136 each
in quantities of 25,000 for the 250-MHz version from TI and
authorized distributors.
The worldwide leader and pioneer in digital signal processing
solutions since 1982, Texas Instruments provides innovative
DSP and mixed signal/analog technologies to more than
30,000 customers in the computer, wireless communications,
networking, Internet, consumer, digital motor control and mass
storage markets worldwide. To help customers get to market
faster, TI offers easy-to-use development tools and extensive
software and hardware support, enhanced by its extensive
network of third party DSP solutions providers that produce
more than 1,000 products using TI technology.
Texas Instruments Incorporated is a global semiconductor
company and the world's leading designer and supplier of
digital signal processing solutions, the engines driving the
digitization of electronics. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the
company's businesses also include materials and controls,
educational and productivity solutions, and digital imaging. The
company has manufacturing or sales operations in more than
25 countries.
Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange
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