Overview

Cadence Tensilica ConnX 110 and ConnX 120 DSPs provide ultra-low power and a small footprint balanced with high performance for radar, lidar, and communications processing. The extensibility and configurability of ConnX 110 and ConnX 120 DSPs, combined with the built-in accelerations, are optimized for imaging radar and lidar sensing as well as baseband and wireless communications such as 5G, 4G, LTE Advanced, LTE, WCDMA, HSPA+, WiFi, etc. ConnX 110 and ConnX 120 DSPs are certified for ISO 26262:2018 ASIL-compliant and suitable for use in safety-critical applications such as autonomous driving, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications.

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Key Benefits

ISO 26262:2018 Compliant

Certified for ASIL-compliant and equipped with both hardware and software safety mechanisms

Scalability

ISA-compatible with high-performance ConnX 110 and ConnX 120 DSPs

Software Portability

Easy software migration and DSP scalability within ConnX DSP family

Ultra Small and Low Power

High performance with low area and power cost

Extensible and Configurable

Customizable instruction set promotes differentiation and performance enhancement

Features

  • Certified ISO 26262:2018 ASIL-compliant
  • VLIW parallelism issuing multiple concurrent operations per cycle
  • 128-bit or 256-bit SIMD
  • Up to 64 MAC
  • Built-in accelerations for radar, lidar and communications processing
  • Support for real and complex, fixed- and floating-point, scalar and vector data types
  • Performance-enhanced complex data processing
  • IEEE 754 vector floating-point (HP, SP, DP)
  • TIE for easy extension and further performance enhancement
  • Optimized libraries and application examples for easy software development

Complex Processing in Embedded Systems: Radar, Lidar and the Need for High Performance DSPs

What are the latest trends driving the need for high-performance DSPs? David Bell, Product Marketing Director, joins Amelia Dalton in this edition of EE Journal Fish Fry podcast to discuss the benefits that Tensilica ConnX 110 and 120 DSPs can bring to your next design and why ISA compatibility is crucial in this arena.

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