Sonics' Network-on-Chip used for High-Performance Video

Written by Clive Maxfield November 05, 2009 Hits: 972 Favorites

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The folks at Sonics have some mega-cool Network-on-Chip (NoC) Technology (they are also founders of the technology underpinning the OCP – check out my article 'Got OCP? The Role of the OCP in Multicore Designs'). Anyway, they just emailed me to say that...

... that Toshiba Corporation has licensed SonicsSX, a high-performance on-chip network, targeted at video-based SoCs (system-on-chips). SonicsSX is Sonics' highest performance product with up to 16GB/s bandwidth per port and is ideal for solving the data throughput requirements of today’s powerful video SoCs. Leveraging Sonics’ technology, Toshiba has designed multiple generations of SoCs for key applications ranging from digital television systems to application processors for cell phones and video game engines.

Sonics SX is ideal for SoCs requiring high-quality, high-definition (HQHD) video support

First introduced in July 2008, SonicsSX accelerates video performance and eases global integration of IP cores and subsystems onto a single chip. To address increased processing for high-quality, high-definition video, SonicsSX offers network-on-chip (NoC) capabilities for higher operating clock frequencies, native support for 2D data transactions and an expanded data bus width to 256 bits. It also contains Sonics’ Interleaved Multichannel Technology (IMT), enabling SoC architectures to transition from single to multiple DRAM channels, or multichannel, while automatically balancing the traffic among the channels.

SonicsSX has built-in security features that provide protection for digital media and its low-power circuitry ensures extremely low active power for mobile battery-powered applications.

The SonicsStudio Development Environment supports SonicsSX for quick SoC architecture and performance analysis. Developers have the advantage of completing data flow analysis during the architecture phase of product development rather than in later stages of product completion. This provides quicker integration with software and shorter overall product development schedules.

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Clive Maxfield