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Top-scoring 32-bit SoC supports Linux, RTAI-Linux
Dec. 09, 2004

Infineon says one of its industrial system-on-chip processors has scored well on a suite of automotive and industrial benchmarks. The 32-bit, 150MHz TriCore TC1130 supports Linux and RTAI-Linux, and targets programmable logic control (PLC) systems, high-performance motor drive systems, industrial communications devices, and consumer applications such as set-top boxes.

According to Infinion, the TC1130 scored 95.2 "Automarks" in independent testing performed by the EEMBC's Certification Lab. The EEMBC, or Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium, maintains various kinds of processor benchmarks, and is currently developing a processor power usage benchmark.

Infineon launched the TC1130 in February, calling the chip "three times more powerful" than other then-available processors. It says the TC1130 delivers 200MIPS (millions of instructions per second) at its max clock rate of 150 MHz. Its EEMBC benchmark performance represents a threefold improvement over a previous TriCore chip tested in 2002, the TC11IB-96, Infineon says.

The TC1130

The TC1130 is based on Infineon's TriCore Unified Processor architecture, but adds an on-chip Memory Management Unit (MMU) and Floating Point Unit (FPU), enabling support for both Linux and RTAI Linux for applications requiring hard, deterministic real-time performance, Infineon says. The chip includes 144KB of on-chip RAM, a 64-bit, high-performance Local Memory Bus (LMB), and Infineon's Flexible Peripherals Interface bus for on-chip communications, Infineon says.


TC1130 architecture

Integrated peripherals include a Fast Ethernet (10/100 Mbit/s) controller, four CAN (Controller Area Network) nodes, and a USB module.

EEMBC's president, Markus Levy, said, "The score of 95.2 Automarks is exceptionally high for an industrial MCU [microcontroller unit]. This impressive boost in performance arises from the addition of a hardware floating point unit, increased frequency, and an enhanced external bus interface."

Infineon's manager of business development for automotive and industrial microcontrollers, Manfred Choutka, said, "The TC1130 [is] a powerful MCU platform with an excellent performance-to-cost ratio. It is well-suited for PLC systems, high-performance motor drive systems, industrial communications devices such as switches, hubs, and routers, and consumer applications like set-top boxes."

A detailed score report on the TriCore TC1130 is available now from the EEMBC.



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