FREESCALE has been a world-leading semiconductor company that has introduced various types of processor series for more than 50 years. These processors are divided into different application areas, and now let us learn about the family system of these processors and the star processor I.mx series in these series.
Freescale's processor product line consists mainly of 6 series, including i.MX application processor, Vybrid controller, ColdFire MPU, Starcore DSP, PowerQUICC processor, and 32- / 64-bitQoriQ processing platform, as shown below:
According to architecture and techniques, the two series of I.MX application processors and Vybrid controllers use ARM9, ARM11, and ARM Cortex architecture; the ColdFire MPU series uses ColdFire and ColdFire + architectures; Starcore DSP Series As the name refer to use Freescale's own Starcore Technology; PowerQuICC processor series is based on IBM, Motorola and Apple jointly developed Power architecture; the QoriQ processing platform contains both Power architecture and ARM Cortex architecture.
In these product lines, the highest exposure rate is the number I.mx application processor. I. MX series processor's ancestor or saying the previous name called Dragonball (Dragon Ball). Of course, it is not a dragon ball that can summon the dragon to achieve the desire to achieve the desire of Dragon, but the SOC that Motorola is designed in 1995. Dragonball can be said to be one of the most classic processors of the year, including Palm, Hendership, Lenovo, Fang Zheng and Hanwang, have used the processor.
Since the Dragonball MX series, the processor kernel began to turn to ARM, and the product naming has also begun to adopt I.MX, which is all called Innovation MultiMedia Extension, meaning innovative multimedia extension. Including Ford, Amason, Sony, Logitech, Toshiba, Nokia, Motorola, etc. have introduced I.MX series processors. From the first generation of I.MX1 to the current I.MX6 (why don't know why I.mx4?), The manufacturing process and performance of the processor has been greatly improved. The following table summarizes the basic parameters of these processors.
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Introduction
I.MX1
That is, the I.MXS multimedia application processor on the Freescale official website, based on the ARM920T core, frequency from 100MHz to 200MHz
I.mx2
Based on ARM9, the frequency is 400MHz and 454MHz, which uses a 90nm process, including industrial grade and vehicle-based products, with video processing units, safety control units, liquid crystal touch screen drivers, power management, audio decoding, CAN / Ethernet interface, support DDR .
I.mx3
Based on ARM11, 90NM process, frequency 532MHz, with video decoding and 3D image processing unit
i.mx5
Based on the ARM Cortex-A8, 65nm process, the frequency is greater than 1GHz, support 720P hardware decoding and DDR2, and the electronic ink display drive
i.mx6
Based on the ARM Cortex-A9, 40NM process, the single core, dual-core, and quad-core are supported, and HD video decoding is supported.
The latest I.MX6 series processors mainly include three products of I.MX 6Solo, I.MX 6DUAL, and I.MX 6QUAD, which are single core, dual-core, and quad-core, which meets applications with different requirements for processor performance. .
As the world's leading embedded hardware and software service provider, British Technologies launched the evaluation board based on these three processors, namely I.MX 6SOLO Riotboard, based on I.MX 6Dual MARS Board, and based on I.MX 6quad Sabre Lite.
Riotboard is not only applicable to the development of high-end mobile devices, but also ideal for Internet applications.
Mars Board is called a super ARM DIY computer platform, the shape is small, powerful.
Sabre Lite equipped with quad-core I.mx 6quad processors is undoubtedly the best choice for fever-level applications.
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