Texas Instruments has unveiled four new processors which have been designed to provide power efficiency and connectivity options for industrial and communications products.
The company claims that the new processors, TMS320C6742, TMS320C6746, TMS320C6748 and OMAP-L138, address the requirements of energy-efficient designs that require high levels of peripheral integration, lower heat dissipation and longer battery life. The new processors come with various connectivity options and fixed and floating point capabilities.
According to TI, the new processors feature universal parallel port (uPP) and integrated Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) to suit applications that need high-speed data transfer and high-capacity storage, such as test and measurement, public safety radios, music effects and intelligent occupancy sensors.
The company said that the processors help to manage on-chip power through dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) and multiple power down modes. They are pin-for-pin compatible with each other, code compatible with all TMS320C6000 devices. It features an experiment board and an evaluation module (EVM).
OMAP-L138 processor builds on the C6748 DSP with a 300MHz ARM9 and features Ethernet MAC (EMAC) and LCD controller.
All processors are available for sampling and are priced as follows: C6742 for $6.70, C6746 for $13.50, C6748 for $15.20 and OMAP-L138 for $18.60 (1,000 units).
