C6472

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What is the C6472?

• A six-core, high-performance multicore DSP with the industry's best power efficiency, targeted for manufacturers of processing-intensive products on a strict power budget.
• Available with six cores running at either 500MHz, 625MHz or 700MHz, and fully backward compatible with other DSP cores, the C6472:
  • Delivers up to 4.2 GHz of processing capability for high-end industrial applications and embedded systems where performance and energy efficiency are critical
  • Offers the industry's lowest power consumption with 3GHz performance at 0.15mW/MIPS for support of applications that drive many channels, demand maximum performance density and advanced functionality.
• TI Whitepaper: Low Power Consumption and a Competitive Price Tag make the six-core TMS320C6472 ideal for high performance applications

What are the key features for C6472?

C6472 Block Digaram

• Six On-Chip TMS320C64x+ Megamodules
• Endianess: Little Endian, Big Endian
• C64x+ Megamodule Main Features:
  • High-Performance, Fixed-Point TMS320c64x+ DSP
  • 500/625/700 MHz
  • L1/L2 Memory Architecture:
    • 32K-Byte L1P Program RAM/Cache [Direct Mapped, Flexible Allocation]
    • 32K-Byte L1D RAM/Cache [2-Way Set-Associative, Flexible Allocation]
    • 608K-Byte L2 Unified Mapped RAM/Cache [4-Way Set-Associative, Fexible Allocation]
    • L1P Memory Controller
    • L1D Memory Controller
    • L2 Memory Controller
• EDMA Controller
• Shared Memory Architecture
  • Shared L2 Memory Controller
  • 768K-Byte of RAM
  • Boot ROM
• Three Telecom Serial Interface Ports (TSIPs)
  • Each TSIP is 8 Links of 8 Mbps per Direction
• 32-bit DDR2 Memory Controller (DDR2-533 SDRAM)
  • 256 M-Byte x 2 Addressable Memory Space
• Two 1x Serial RapidIO® Links, v1.2 Compliant
• Two 10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet MACs (EMACs)
• 16-Bit Host-Port Interface (HPI)
• One Inter-Integrated Circuit (I²C)
• Six Shared 64-Bit General-Purpose Timers
• 16 General-Purpose I/O (GPIO) Pins
• 737-Pin Ball Grid Array (BGA) Package (ZTZ Suffix), 0.8-mm Ball Pitch
• Commercial Temperature [0°C to 85°C]
• Extended Temperature [-40°C to 100°C]

When should I consider C6472?

• If you are designing a processing intensive application but require low power and less heat
• If you are using multiple single core DSPs per board, the C6472 is a viable migration option
• If your application requires many cannels or maximum performance density
• If your application must transfer of large amounts of data on/off chip.
• If you are currently using ASICs or FPGAs, but are seeking a lower cost, software upgradeable option
• If you are designing the following targeted applications:
  • Mission-critical applications such as military, aerospace, avionics, public safety, satellite and utilities systems
  • High-performance video and imaging applications
  • Emerging broadband and communications applications
  • Test & Measurement solutions
  • Cloud computing and blade servers
  • High end industrial
  • Multimedia server

What applications is the C6472 targeted for?

• Applications using multiple single core DSPs per board (ie. DSP farm)
• Applications that require transfer of large amounts of data on/off chip
• Applications that drive many channels, demand maximum performance density and areas where designers require access to sophisticated functions.
• Suitable applications include:
  • Mission critical applications such as military, aerospace, avionics, public safety, satellite and utilities systems
  • High performance video and imaging
  • Emerging broadband and communications
  • Test and measurement
  • Cloud computing and blade servers
  • High end industrial

What is the advantage of using C6472 in some of the mentioned applications?

• C6472 delivers significant improvements in performance, integration and density, along with considerable efficiencies in power, cost and board space.
  • For instance, the C6472 integrates six 500 MHz DSP cores, a host of peripherals and internal memory on a compact 24mm by 24mm chip for DSP farm applications
• When compared to six C6415 DSPs, a single C6472 DSP:
  • Consumes 40% less power
  • Costs 2/3 less in terms of DSP-related cost
  • Utilizes 80% less DSP footprint on-bard
• TI also offers a range of development tools, support and code compatibility with previous DSPs to ease customer migration, including a low cost $349 EVM to evaluate C6472 performance.

What peripherals are available for the C6472?

• Gigabit Ethernet
• Serial RapidIO (SRIO)
• DDR2
• Telecom Serial Interface Port (TSIP)
• Host port interface (HPI)
• Utopia
• Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus (I2C)
• General purpose input/output (GPIO)

What Analog solutions are available for the C6472?

To determine which TI Analog solutions are best suited for use alongside the C6472, please visit the Analog & Power for C6472 wiki page.

What Power Management solutions are available for the C6472?

The C6472 power will soon be live on TI's Analog & Power for Processors website as soon as the reference designs have been finalized. Until then below are a few devices that have been used in the designs.

The power reference designs were created with several key care-abouts in mind.

• Number of C6472's: 1x or 8x
• Input voltage range: 5V or 12V
• Type of power parts used: DCDC Converters with Integrated FETs, DCDC Controllers, or Digital Power

The C6472 require regulated Core voltages of 1.0V/1.1V and 1.2V, I/O voltages of 1.8V and 3.3V, and Analog voltages of 1.8V and 1.2V.
These voltage rails are sequenced in the following order: 1) 3.3V I/O, 2) Core voltages, 3) 1.8V I/O and Analog voltages, 4) 1.2V Analog.

Below is a sampling of the power management products that complement C6472.

Part Number	Description	Details
TPS40192	4.5V to 18V Input, Low Pin Count, Synchronous Buck Controller with Power Good	Supports Pre-Biased Outputs 600 kHz Switching Frequencies High and Low side FET RDSON Current Sensing 10-Pin 3 mm × 3 mm SON Package
TPS54880	5V Input 8A Synchronous Buck Converter with Integrated FETs and Sequencing	Power Up/Down Tracking For Sequencing 30-mOhm, 12-A Peak MOSFET Switches for High Efficiency at 8-A Continuous Output Source or Sink Current Wide PWM Frequency: Fixed 350 kHz or Adjustable 280 kHz to 700 kHz Power Good and Enable
UCD9240	Digital Point of Load System Controller	Fully Configurable Multi-Output and Multi-Phase Non-Isolated DC/DC PWM Controller Controls Up To FourVoltage Rails and Up To Eight Phases Supports Switching Frequencies Up to 2MHz With 250 ps Duty-Cycle Resolution Up To 1mV Closed Loop Resolution
TPS74401	Single Output LDO, 3.0A, Adj.(0.8 to 3.3V), Fast Transient Response, Programmable SoftStart	1% Accuracy Over Line, Load, and Temperature Supports Input Voltages as Low as 0.9V with External Bias Supply Ultra-Low Dropout: 115mV at 3.0A (typ) Stable with Any or No Output Capacitor
TPS51200	3A Sink/Source DDR Termination Regulator	Input Voltage: Supports 2.5-V Rail and 3.3-V Rail VLDOIN Voltage Range: 1.1 V to 3.5 V Sink/Source Termination Regulator Includes Droop Compensation Meets DDR, DDR2 JEDEC Specifications; Supports DDR3 and Low-Power DDR3/DDR4 VTT Applications

What software and tools are available for the C6472?

C6472 EVM Digaram

• C6472 EVM is a low cost, easy-to-use software debug platform for high performance application development. It includes:
  • Single C6472 processor
  • 256MB of 533 MHz DDR2
  • 64MB Nand Flash
  • 1 Mb I2C EEPROM for local boot (remote boot possible)
  • 2 RGMII 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports with MDIO
  • RS232 UART
  • Single module 170-pin AMC expansion for SRIO, TSIP, EMAC1, and I2C
  • C6455 EVM pin-compatible HPI daughter card connector
  • 2 user programmable LEDs and DIP SWs
  • 14-pin JTAG emulation with USB Host Interface (provided as an upgrade option)
  • Board-specific Code Composer Studio™ Integrated Development Environment
  • Simple setup
  • Includes design file such as Orcad, Gerber
  • Board support library accelerates software development on the EVM

How do I get access to the C6472 EVM?

• Link to EVM Folder (html-http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/tmdsevm6472.html)
• MSP430 MMC Code for low-cost EVMs
• CCSv5.1 Free CCS licenses for C64x EVMs [Activation Instruction - Step 2]

What DSP Software Libraries are available for the C6472?

• See list of tools and software here (http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tms320c6472.html#toolssoftware)

DSP Software examples and resources

• Spinlock Example Code
• TSIP + EDMA Example Code
• Boot Test Package
• Ethernet NIMU fix

TI 3rd Parties: C6472 Developer Network

Company	Description
ADT	G.PAK Framework, G.168 Echo Cancellation, Conferencing, Transcoding SW WhitePaper -- GPAK-C6472 A Rapid Way to Build High Density Voice Solutions
ENEA	OSEck RTOS, LINX message layer, Network Protocols, System Visualization and debugging environments Evaluate Now! -- High Performance DSP RTOS
Sundance DSP	Two 6472 DSPS stand alone board with FPGA features TI CCS debugging environment
Surf Comm	AMC form factor DSP farm for ATCA/uTCA. 2 DSPs per AMC card expandable to 4 AMC cards per board with Voice/Video SW Engine
Radisys	Promentum ATCA-9100-TI ACTA media process blade features 2 mezzanine cards each host 10 C6472 DSPs. White Paper -- Media Processing and Mobile Video Services
eInfochips	C6472 EVM Vendor

Additional Information, Training, and Support

Where do I go for more information?	C6472 product folder (http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tms320c6472.html) C6472 EVM (http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/tmdsevm6472.html)
Where do I go for training?	C6472 Online Training Workshop (http://e2e.ti.com/media/p/45086.aspx) TI Training website. See here (http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/traininghome.tsp)
Where do I go for support?	For further discussions and support go to TI\’s E2E Community (https://community.ti.com/) TMS320C6000™ High Performance DSPs (https://community.ti.com/forums/38.aspx) C6472 application notes (http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/tms320c6472.html#applicationnotes)
Where can I download the lastest C6472 CSL?	You can get the latest revision of CSL here. (http://software-dl.ti.com/sdoemb/sdoemb_public_sw/csl/CSL_C6472/latest/index_FDS.html)