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TMS320DM6467

Digital Media System-on-Chip

SPRS403F – DECEMBER 2007 – REVISED OCTOBER 2009

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The .L or (Arithmetic Logic Unit) now incorporates the ability to do parallel add/subtract operations on a

pair of common inputs. Versions of this instruction exist to work on 32-bit data or on pairs of 16-bit data

performing dual 16-bit add and subtracts in parallel. There are also saturated forms of these instructions.

The C64x+ core enhances the .S unit in several ways. In the C64x core, dual 16-bit MIN2 and MAX2

comparisons were only available on the .L units. On the C64x+ core they are also available on the .S unit

which increases the performance of algorithms that do searching and sorting. Finally, to increase data

packing and unpacking throughput, the .S unit allows sustained high performance for the quad 8-bit/16-bit

and dual 16-bit instructions. Unpack instructions prepare 8-bit data for parallel 16-bit operations. Pack

instructions return parallel results to output precision including saturation support.

Other new features include:

• SPLOOP - A small instruction buffer in the CPU that aids in creation of software pipelining loops where

multiple iterations of a loop are executed in parallel. The SPLOOP buffer reduces the code size

associated with software pipelining. Furthermore, loops in the SPLOOP buffer are fully interruptible.

• Compact Instructions - The native instruction size for the C6000 devices is 32 bits. Many common

instructions such as MPY, AND, OR, ADD, and SUB can be expressed as 16 bits if the C64x+

compiler can restrict the code to use certain registers in the register file. This compression is

performed by the code generation tools.

• Instruction Set Enhancement - As noted above, there are new instructions such as 32-bit

multiplications, complex multiplications, packing, sorting, bit manipulation, and 32-bit Galois field

multiplication.

• Exceptions Handling - Intended to aid the programmer in isolating bugs. The C64x+ CPU is able to

detect and respond to exceptions, both from internally detected sources (such as illegal op-codes) and

from system events (such as a watchdog time expiration).

• Privilege - Defines user and supervisor modes of operation, allowing the operating system to give a

basic level of protection to sensitive resources. Local memory is divided into multiple pages, each with

read, write, and execute permissions.

• Time-Stamp Counter - Primarily targeted for Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) robustness, a

free-running time-stamp counter is implemented in the CPU which is not sensitive to system stalls.

For more details on the C64x+ CPU and its enhancements over the C64x architecture, see the following

documents:

• TMS320C64x/C64x+ DSP CPU and Instruction Set Reference Guide (literature number SPRU732)

• TMS320C64x Technical Overview (literature number SPRU395)

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