ARM Cortex-A8-based MPUs Enable Picture-perfect Graphics in Lower Power Consumption

Texas Instruments Inc.’s latest Sitara microprocessor units (MPUs), the AM3715 and AM3703, offer a nearly 40 percent increase in ARM performance and allow developers to increase application battery life with up to 30 percent decrease in power consumption compared to previous MPUs in the Sitara family. The AM3715 offers double the graphics performance over previous Sitara devices and enables fluid, complex 3D rendering, picture-perfect visuals and increased graphical user interface (GUI) capabilities. The AM3703, on the other hand, can be utilized for applications not requiring graphics.

The AM37x devices are available at 300MHz, 600MHz, 800MHz and 1GHz performance levels; have increased SDRAM Controller performance and 100 percent increase in L1 cache; feature PowerVR Graphics Core, which supports OpenGL ES 2.0 and renders 20 million polygons per second—thereby providing stunning 3D graphics for more eye-catching GUIs; and are based on 1GHz Cortex-A8 with Neon co-processor, which delivers 2000 DMIPs.

These MPUs are suitable for for a wide variety of applications, such as portable data terminals, portable medical equipment, home and building automation, navigation systems, smart displays and human machine interface industrial applications. Scalability within the Sitara ARM MPU product family, enabled by the AM3715 and AM3703 processors, allows for increased headroom to protect product investments for customization and product lifecycle enhancements. The MPUs are code-compatible with TI’s OMAP35x and Sitara AM35x line of processors.

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