TI's multicore SoC architecture to deliver 5X performance and simplified design for communications infrastructure equipment

BANGALORE, INDIA: Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) has unveiled a new System-on-a-Chip (SoC) architecture based on its multicore digital signal processors (DSPs) that integrates fixed and floating point capabilities in the industry’s highest performing CPU.

Running at up to 1.2GHz and providing an engine with up to 256 GMACS and 128 GFLOPS, TI’s new multicore SoCs deliver over five times the performance of existing solutions in the market and offer vendors a common platform to accelerate the development of infrastructure products such as wireless base stations, media gateways and video infrastructure equipment.

“If TI delivers on its performance projections, it will clearly be raising the bar on performance for mainstream DSPs,” said the respected technology analysis firm BDTI in its InsideDSP newsletter. “TI’s decision to focus more on providing a multicore programming development methodology and environment could give TI an ease-of-use edge over other DSP processor vendors.”