AM35x application processors are based on the ARM® Cortex™-A8 core, which offers with more than four times the processing power of todays 300MHz ARM9 devices. The superscalar 500 MHz ARM Cortex-A8 core provides 1000 Dhrystone million instructions per second (MIPS) and the AM3517 has an integrated PowerVR™ SGX graphics engine from Imagination Technologies.
Features:
AM3517/05 ARM Microprocessor:
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- Software Compatible with OMAP™ 3 Processors**
- MPU Subsystem
- 500-Mhz ARM Cortex-A8 Core
- NEON SIMD Coprocessor and Vector floating point (FP) co-processor
- Memory Interfaces:
- 16/32 -bit DDR2 Interface with 1 GByte total addressable space
- General Purpose Memory Interface supporting 16-bit Wide Multiplexed Address/Data bus
- 64 K-Byte shared SRAM
- 3 Removable Removable Media
- Interfaces [MMC/SD/SDIO]
- IO Voltage: DDR2 IOs: 1.8V; Other IOs: 1.8V and 3.3V,1.2V Core Voltage
- Commerial and Industrial temperature grade*
- 16-bit Video Input Port capable of capturing HD video
- 491-pin sBGA package (17x17, .65 mm pitch)
- HD resolution Display Subsystem
- Serial Communication
- High-End CAN Controller
- 10/100 Mbit Ethernet MAC
- USB OTG subsystem with standard DP/DM interface[HS/FS/LS]
Description:
AM3517/05 high-performance, industrial applications processors with video, image, and graphics processing sufficient to support the following:
- Single Board Computers
- Home and Industrial automation
- Digital Signage
The device supports high-level operating systems (OSs), such as:
The following subsystems are part of the device:
- Microprocessor unit (MPU) subsystem based on the ARM Cortex-A8 microprocessor
- POWERVR SGX™ Graphics Accelerator (AM3517 Device only) Subsystem for 3D graphics acceleration to support display and gaming effects (3517 only)
- Display subsystem with several features for multiple concurrent image manipulation, and a programmable interface supporting a wide variety of displays.
