Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe has announced the implementation of a Linux fast-boot technology in the company’s MB86R0x-SoC devices, known as the Jade family. Based on the company’s proprietary 90nm CMOS process technology, Jade devices are optimised for applications which require high CPU performance combined with advanced 2D or 3D graphics. The graphics controllers feature the ARM926EJ-S, a fully synthesisable processor with a Jazelle technology (Java Acceleration) enhanced 32bit RISC CPU, 16kbyte instruction cache, 16kbyte data cache, 16kbyte ITCM, 16kbyte DTCM and a memory management unit. Other features are the inclusion of an ETM9 (medium) and JTAG ICE interface, eight-channel DMA and 32bit timers. Core frequency is 320MHz which is generated by on-chip PLL. On-board peripherals include a unified DDR2 memory capable of supporting 320Mbit/s (up to 128Mbyte), a parallel flash/SRAM host interface with decryption engine, parallel ATA, SD-Card, CAN, USB for host and function, an ADC, a DAC, I2C, I2S, PWM, SPI, UART, GPIO and an external interrupt. Packaged in a 484pin BGA, the controller requires a supply voltage of 3.3V (I/O), 1.8V (DDR2), 1.2V (Internal) and is designed to operate over a temperature range of -40 to +85°C.
