Version imprimable« Freescale has reached volume production on a new SoC (system-on-chip) for video-enabled, drive-equipped devices based on Linux and other embedded OSes. Built on 90nm technology, the i.MX27 adds on-chip video acceleration, more storage interfaces, and a 10/100 Ethernet port to Freescale’s popular i.MX21 mobile application processor, built on 130nm technology.
Hard drive-equipped portable media players are one obvious target application for the i.MX27. Others include video surveillance equipment, videophones, cordless and mobile phones, point-of-sale devices, industrial instrumentation, and healthcare-related devices, Freescale said.
Like the i.MX21, the i.MX27 is based on an ARM926EJ-S core clocked at 400MHz. The i.MX27 also inherits many of the i.MX21’s on-chip peripherals and peripheral interfaces, facilitating software portability from i.MX21-based designs, Freescale said. The parts are not pin-compatible, though. »
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