Product/Service

DSP World: DSP/RISC Embedded Processor

Source: Massana Inc.
Designated the FILU-200/LX4180, the co-developed broadband communications, networking, and low-cost gateways solution consists of the company's FILU-200 DSP coprocessor core and Lexra's LX4180 RISC core, which executes the MIPS I instruction set except for unaligned loads and stores.
Designated the FILU-200/LX4180, the co-developed broadband communications, networking, and low-cost gateways solution consists of the company's FILU-200 DSP coprocessor core and Lexra's LX4180 RISC core, which executes the MIPS I instruction set except for unaligned loads and stores.

The LX4180, a 32-bit R3000-class embedded processor, features MIPS16 code compression, EJTAG debug support, and broad software support, making it suitable for SOCs for data communications and high-end consumer systems. The company's FILU-200, a hardwired, pre-programmed 200 MIPS DSP coprocessor soft core, features a dual MAC architecture and is tailored to enable highest performance DSP on RISC and CISC processors.

The first third-party produce announcements are expected within the next few weeks. The jointly-developed FILU-200/LX4180 is available for licensing from the company on a worldwide basis to companies which want to develop and manufacture their own silicon products.

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