Dual ARM Cortex-A9 core controller targets 3d automotive displays
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Toshiba Electronics Europe has launched a dual ARM core display controller for automotive applications requiring high end 3d graphics with typical resolutions of WVGA.
As well as reducing the complexity and component count of next generation hybrid instrument clusters, the Capricorn-H is said to feature a special algorithm that allows designers to deliver 24bit performance from lower cost 18bit displays.
The new IC module is suitable for typical display sizes up to 12.3in and, according to Toshiba, incorporates all of the functions, peripherals and connectivity needed for 2d and 3d graphics output and TFT panel control.
It combines two ARM Cortex-A9 cores with a dual output, five plane graphics display controller, built in 3d and 2d graphics engines and 2MByte of embedded mSRAM to support high performance graphics operations.
Connectivity includes a 3 channel, full CAN transceiver, a MOST Media-LB interface to support automotive multimedia applications and I2C, I2S and usb interfaces. The integrated 3d high end graphics engine supports dual programmable shader pipeline architecture.
The Capricorn-H is the first device in the company's Capricorn series to feature a 'Magic Square' IP algorithm, which is designed to enable dithering of 24bit graphics on an 18bit display. The module is supplied in a BGA516 package. Samples are available now.
