IBM PowerPC 405 Embedded Core
Licensable processor cores for system-on-a-chip applications

New applications like Online Gaming, Web 2.0 and Mobile TV are increasing the data usage significantly. These applications have live streaming of data that promotes 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to work on the Long-Term Evolution (LTE). LTE is the next generation of GSM/EDGE and High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) network technologies. GDA plans to significantly increase throughput of these applications by enabling PowerPC based LTE stacks and LTE base stations (eNode B). Complete hardware and software components based on PowerPC Architecture will deliver superior Quality of Service (QoS) for WiMAX/LTE systems required by applications like IPTV and VOIP. GDA plans to harden the PowerPC 405 for proven, reliable integration into SoCs. Hardened 405 cores will be optimized for performance, power, and size for specific technologies and applications.

The PowerPC 405 core can be integrated with peripheral and application-specific macro cores using the IBM CoreConnect™ bus architecture to develop custom SoC solutions. GDA also offers interface IP cores such as DDR 2/3 memory controllers, DMA and interrupt controllers, PCI controllers (PCI, PCI-X, PCIe), Serial RIO, 1/10GE, HT, Display Port, HDMI, and Interlaken controllers. GDA offers through its PES group custom services to design complex SoC’s.

Highlights

Compatible with the scalable and flexible IBM      PowerPC® instruction set architecture      to facilitate ease of software migration    Optimized for price/performance leadership and      low power system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs    Available through the IBM Power Architecture™ licensing      program and in the IBM core library for integration with      peripheral and application-specific macro     cores to develop SoC solutions

Supports product differentiation via inclusion of custom      logic and instructions on the auxiliary      processor unit (APU) interface   JTAG and trace FIFO ports enable robust debug      capabilities, even in complex SoC designs   Supported by an extensive ecosystem through     IBM’s PowerPC tools program   Full-function simulation models are available     to support SystemC environments