PlAtfOrm brief Intel® Atom™ Processor E6x5C Series Embedded Computing Intel® Atom™ Processor E6x5C Series-Based Platform for Embedded Computing Platform Overview Available with industrial and commercial The Intel® Atom™ processor E6x5C series temperature ranges, this processor series delivers, in a single package, the benefits of provides embedded lifecycle support and the Intel® Atom™ processor E6xx combined is supported by the broad Intel® archi- with a Field-Programmable Gate Array tecture ecosystem as well as standard (FPGA) from Altera. This series offers Altera development tools. Additionally, a exceptional flexibility to incorporate a compatible, dedicated Power Management wide range of standard and user-defined Integrated Circuit (PMIC) solution may be I/O interfaces, high-speed connectivity, obtained from leading PMIC suppliers to memory interfaces, and process accelera- help minimize platform part count and tion to meet the requirements of a variety reduce bill of material costs and design of embedded applications in industrial, medi- complexity. Options include separate PMIC cal, communication, vision systems, voice and clock generator chips (available from over Internet protocol (VoIP), military, high- ROHM Co., Ltd.) or a single-chip solution performance programmable logic control- that integrates the voltage regulator and lers (PLCs) and embedded computers. clock generator (available from Dialog Semiconductor). The Intel Atom processor E6x5C series is a multi-chip, single-package device that Product Highlights reduces board footprint, lowers compo- • Single-package: A compact 37.5 x nent count, and simplifies inventory 37.5 mm, 0.8 mm ball pitch, multi-chip control and manufacturing. This compact device internally connects the Intel Atom design offers single-vendor support while processor E6xx with a user-programma- providing Intel Atom processors for ble FPGA. This configurable device allows new applications that require a more for one board layout to support multiple integrated solution. application designs, plus the ability to The user-programmable FPGA features incorporate custom logic without having high-speed transceivers, LVDS with to invest in application-specific integrated SERDES, support for interfacing to a circuit development. variety of memory devices, dedicated DSP • Integrated Intel® Atom™ processor blocks, and more than sixty thousand logic E6xx: Includes a 45nm processor core elements. It provides enough programma- (512K L2 cache, 24K data, and 32K ble space for users to integrate their own instruction L1 cache), 3D graphics, and intellectual property or use off-the-shelf, video encode/decode, as well as memory third-party IP that completes a powerful and display controllers. embedded system. The FPGA features a hard IP PCI Express* lane that connects directly to the Intel Atom processor E6xx inside the device. • Integrated Intel® Graphics media • Integrated, hardware-assisted Intel® a clock data recovery (CDR) feature, and Accelerator (Intel® GmA) 600: Power- Virtualization technology2 (Intel® Vt) support for multiple I/O standards such as optimized 2D/3D graphics engine provides for IA-32 Intel® architecture (Intel® 3.3-V LVTTL/3.3-V LVCMOS, single-ended up to 400 MHz graphics core frequency. Vt-x): Provides greater flexibility and SSTL/HSTL and differential SSTL/HSTL. Supports OpenGL* ES2.0, OpenGL 2.1, and maximum system utilization by consoli- • Industrial temperature range option: OpenVG* 1.1, along with hardware-accel- dating multiple environments into a -40° to +85° C temperature range meets erated HD video decode (MPEG4 part 2, hardware platform. With support from requirements for industrial, medical H.264, WMV, and VC1) and encode (MPEG4 the processor, BIOS, and enabling soft- and military application designs with part 2, H.264). Also supports LVDS display ware, Intel VT-x improves traditional constrained thermal environments. using a pixel clock of 80 MHz and SDVO software-only-based virtualization. By using a pixel clock of 160 MHz. offloading workloads to system hardware, • Green technology: Manufactured virtualization software can provide more and available only in lead-free3 • Integrated memory controller and streamlined software stacks and “near component packages. DDr2 support: Integrated 32-bit single- native” performance characteristics. The channel memory controller provides fast • reliable technology ecosystem: Along required virtualization software (virtual memory read/write performance through with a strong ecosystem of hardware and memory manager [VMM]) is available efficient pre-fetching algorithms, low software vendors, including members of from third parties. latency, and high-memory bandwidth. the Intel® Embedded Alliance (intel.com/ Processors include support for up to • High-performance, power-optimized go/embeddedalliance), Intel helps cost- 2 GB of DDR2 800 MT/s memory. fPGA: Features transceiver speeds up effectively meet developer challenges to 3.125 Gbps, high-speed LVDS with and speed time-to-market. • Intel® Hyper-threading technology1: SERDES at up to 840 Mbps, support for Provides performance and support for • Embedded lifecycle support: Protects DDR3, DDR2, DDR SDRAM, QDR II, and multi-threaded applications. Delivers system investment by enabling extended QDR II+ SRAM memory interfacing, up to increased performance and system product availability for embedded four general-purpose PLLs, 312 18 x 18 responsiveness for demanding embedded customers. multipliers and more than 60,000 logic applications by enabling the processor elements and 350 user I/O pins. Each of to execute two instruction threads the high-speed transceiver channels have in parallel. Intel® Atom™ Processor 512 KB L2 (600 MHz, 1.0 GHz, 1.3 GHz) LVDS/ DDR2 SDVO DDR2 (800 MT/s) Graphics (2D, 3D) SPI, SMBus Legacy GPIO (x14) Intel® HD Audio PCIe* PCIe* Gen 1 (2x1) PCIe (1x1) PCIe (1x1) Clock Power Management Generatora IC (PMIC)a OEM Custom IP PCIe SIPb PCIe HIP OEM I/O Blocks DSP Multipliers Intel® Atom™ Processor E6x5c Series Internal Memory Altera FPGA aPMIC and Clock Generator products are available from third parties. An integrated PMIC and Clock Generator (on a single chip) is also available from a third party. bPCIe Soft IP is licensed from third-party vendors. 2 Software Overview+ The following independent operating system and BIOS vendors provide support for this device: OperAtInG SyStEm COntact bIOS Microsoft Windows* XP SP3 Intel provides drivers4 American Megatrends Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 2009 Intel provides drivers4 Insyde Software Microsoft Windows* 7 Intel provides drivers4 Phoenix Technologies MeeGo* 1.0 MeeGo community, Wind River Wind River VxWorks* Wind River +Windows* XP, Windows* 7 and MeeGo* 1.0 were used to test the Intel® Atom™ processor E6x5C series. Intel® Atom™ Processor E6x5C Series for Embedded Computing Clock Graphics thermal Design temperature Product name∆ Product number Speed (GHz) Speed (mHz) Power5 range Package Commercial 1466 ball FCBGA Intel® Atom™ processor E625C CY80632007227AB 0.6 320 2.7 Wa 0 to 70° C 37.5x37.5 mm Industrial 1466 ball FCBGA Intel® Atom™ processor E625CT CY80632007227AA 0.6 320 2.7 Wa -40 to 85° C 37.5x37.5 mm Commercial 1466 ball FCBGA Intel® Atom™ processor E645C CY80632007221AB 1.0 320 3.6 Wa 0 to 70° C 37.5x37.5 mm Industrial 1466 ball FCBGA Intel® Atom™ processor E645CT CY80632007221AA 1.0 320 3.6 Wa -40 to 85° C 37.5x37.5 mm Commercial 1466 ball FCBGA Intel® Atom™ processor E665C CY80632007224AB 1.3 400 3.6 Wa 0 to 70° C 37.5x37.5 mm Industrial 1466 ball FCBGA Intel® Atom™ processor E665CT CY80632007224AA 1.3 400 3.6 Wa -40 to 85° C 37.5x37.5 mm aTotal package thermal design power depends on functions included in the FPGA. Altera Quartus* II PowerPlay Early Power Estimator (EPE) tools can perform power calculations based on a given design. 3 third-Party Vendors fPGA Altera — www.altera.com POwEr ManagemEnt IntegrAted CIrCuIt (PmIC) Dialog Semiconductor — www.dialog-semiconductor.com ROHM Co., Ltd. — www.rohm.com Intel in Embedded and Communications: intel.com/embedded ∆ Intel processor numbers are not a measure of performance. Processor numbers differentiate features within each processor family, not across different processor families. See www.intel.com/products/processor_number for details. 1 Requires an Intel® HT Technology enabled system; check with your PC manufacturer. Performance will vary depending on the specific hardware and software used. Not available on Intel® Core™ i5-750 processor. For more information including details on which processors support HT Technology, visit http://www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading. 2 Intel® Virtualization Technology requires a computer system with an enabled Intel® processor, BIOS, virtual machine monitor (VMM). Functionality, performance or other benefits will vary depending on hardware and software configurations. Software applications may not be compatible with all operating systems. Consult your PC manufacturer. For more information, visit http://www.intel.com/go/virtualization. 3 Intel 45nm manufactured on a lead-free process. Lead is below 1000 PPM per EU RoHS directive (2002/95/EC, Annex A). Some EU RoHS exemptions for lead may apply to other components used in the product package. 4 Drivers available at: http://downloadcenter.intel.com (enter chipset name). 5 TDP values for Intel® Atom™ Processor E6x5C Series are pre-silicon estimates. INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH INTEL® PRODUCTS. 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