D32PRO, fully scalable and royalty-free 32-bit CPU from DCD. Source: DCDThe D32PRO by Digital Core Design (DCD) is a royalty-free, silicon proven, high performance soft core single-chip 32-bit CPU. Featuring a floating point coprocessor and increased code density, it meets the latest power and size requirements of connected devices and is an alternative to ARM Cortex M0/M0+/M1/M3 and other 32-bit CPUs on the market.
The D32PRO has a Harvard architecture, with 13 general registers R0-R12 and variable pipelining . The core delivers up to 2.67 DMIPS⁄MHz in computational performance. The minimal usable D32PRO CPU starts at approximately 10.6k / 6.8k gates when optimized for area. Its dynamic power is under 7 µW/MHz, with a 90 nm process, and the IP Cores are able to be synthesized and are foundry independent.
Targeting low-power always on/always listening systems and those with less demanding clock frequencies such as Bluetooth Low Energy, it is also suitable for the embedded systems that require greater computational performance and system complexity.
The D32PRO is fully customizable and is delivered with such peripherals as USB, SPI, LCD, HDLC, UART, Ethernet, MAC, CAN, LIN, RTC, a fully automated test bench and a complete set of tests, allowing easy package validation at each stage of SoC design. It is also fully controlled from Eclipse.
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