



SGUS018 - JANUARY 1994
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The SMJ320C50A digital signal processor (DSP) is a high-performance, 16-bit, fixed-point processor manufactured in 0.8-um double-level metal CMOS technology. The SMJ320C50A is the first DSP from TI designed as a fully static device. Full-static CMOS design contributes to low power consumption while maintaining high performance, making it ideal for applications such as battery-operated communications systems, satellite systems, and advanced control algorithms.
A number of enhancements to the basic SMJ320C2x architecture give the 'C50A a minimum 2× performance over the previous generation. A four-deep instruction pipeline, incorporating delayed branching, delayed call to subroutine, and delayed return from subroutine, allows the 'C50A to perform instructions in fewer cycles. The addition of a parallel logic unit (PLU) gives the 'C50A a method of manipulating bits in data memory without using the accumulator and ALU. The 'C50A has additional shifting and scaling capability for proper alignment of multiplicands or storage of values to data memory.
The 'C50A achieves its low power consumption through the IDLE2 instruction. IDLE2 removes the functional clock from the internal hardware of the 'C50A, which puts it into a total-sleep mode that uses only 5 uA. A low logic level on an external interrupt with a duration of at least five clock cycles ends the IDLE2 mode.
The 'C50A is available with two clock speeds. The clock frequencies are 40 MHz, giving a 50-ns cycle time, and 50 MHz, giving a 40-ns cycle time.
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