Quad Core 16-bit DSP with Ethernet

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The MSC8122 is a highly integrated system-on-a-chip that combines four StarCore^® SC140 extended cores with an RS-232 serial interface, four time-division multiplexed (TDM) serial interfaces, thirty-two general-purpose timers, a flexible system interface unit (SIU), an Ethernet interface, and a multi-channel DMA controller. The four extended cores can deliver a total 4800/6400/8000 DSP MMACS performance at 300/400/500 MHz.

Each core has four arithmetic logic units (ALUs), internal memory, a write buffer, and two interrupt controllers. The MSC8122 targets high-bandwidth highly computational DSP applications and is optimized for wireless transcoding and packet telephony as well as high-bandwidth base station applications. The MSC8122 delivers enhanced performance while maintaining low power dissipation and greatly reduces system cost.

The MSC8122 device is designed to provide an optimal solution for 3G wireless base stations, to help eliminate many of the costly and power hungry ASICs and FPGAs required in today's systems for both symbol rate and for chip rate assist. In addition, the MSC8122 device allows customers to add next-generation features that efficiently use available frequencies and higher bit rates in 3G systems.

Efficient application software development is key in Our strategy to expedite customer's time-to-market. Developers can take advantage of development tools and real-time operating systems (RTOS) from NXP^® and third-party suppliers. In addition NXP is partnering with third-party vendors to provide integrated systems solutions that include GSM, CDMA, TDMA, and ITU G.7xx speech coders, hybrid echo cancellation, fax, modem, and xDSL software.

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^{Data Sheet}
MSC8122 Technical Data Sheeet

PDFRev 16Dec 4, 20081.2 MBMSC8122English
^{Reference Manual}
MSC8122 Reference Manual Addendum

PDFRev 11Aug 12, 2009112.5 KBMSC8122RMADEnglish
^{Reference Manual}
MSC81222/26ADS Reference Manual

PDFRev B.01Sep 1, 20062.8 MBMSC812XADSRMEnglish
^{Reference Manual}
SC140 DSP Core Reference Manual

PDFRev 4.1Sep 30, 20058.6 MBMNSC140COREEnglish
^{Reference Manual}
MSC8122 Reference Manual

PDFRev 3Apr 7, 200518.2 MBMSC8122RMEnglish
^{Reference Manual}
SC100 Application Binary Interface

PDFRev 2.0Jun 1, 2002762.5 KBMNSC100ABIEnglish
^{Application Note}
Windows 7: Using USB TAP on a Classic CodeWarrior Installation (MGT V9.2 - DSC V8.3)

PDFRev 1Dec 7, 2011569.2 KBAN4338English
^{Application Note}
Configuring an Asymmetric Multicore Application for StarCore^® DSPs

PDFRev 3Jun 22, 2011995.8 KBAN4063EnglishAssociated File: AN4063SW
^{Application Note}
Converting Earlier Versions of CodeWarrior for StarCore DSPs Projects to Version 10.1.8

PDFRev 1Jan 21, 20111.6 MBAN4253English
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Asymmetric C++ Multicore Application for StarCore DSPs

PDFRev 0Jan 6, 2011774.2 KBAN4220English
^{Application Note}
Software Analysis Tips and Tricks Using CodeWarrior^® for StarCore^® DSPs

PDFRev 0Jan 5, 2011487.3 KBAN4250English
^{Application Note}
Debugging Multicore StarCore DSP Applications with Eclipse

PDFRev 0Jun 30, 20101.4 MBAN4145English
^{Application Note}
Multicore Support in SmartDSP OS

PDFRev 3Apr 25, 2010880.0 KBAN3855English
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^{Application Note}
MSC8122: Avoiding Arbitration Deadlock During Instruction Fetch

PDFRev 1Oct 22, 200888.8 KBAN3735English
^{Application Note}
Tuning C Code for StarCore-Based Digital Signal Processors

PDFRev 2Jul 2, 2008199.3 KBAN3357English
^{Application Note}
MSC81xx and MSC711x JTAG Connectivity

PDFRev 0Apr 23, 200895.9 KBAN3726English
^{Application Note}
MSC8122 and MSC8126 Power Circuit Design Recommendations and Examples

PDFRev 2Dec 19, 200769.6 KBAN2937English
^{Application Note}
Decision Feedback Equalizer for StarCore^®-Based DSPs

PDFRev 2Oct 18, 2007476.9 KBAN2072English
^{Application Note}
MSC8122 Design Checklist

PDFRev 14Oct 11, 2007462.5 KBAN2787English
^{Application Note}
AC Timing Analysis Between SDRAM and the StarCore^®-Based MSC8122 DSP

PDFRev 1Aug 23, 2007104.3 KBAN3014EnglishAssociated File: AN3014SW
^{Application Note}
MSC8122 Host Boot Using SDRAM

PDFRev 0Jul 25, 200752.1 KBAN3435EnglishAssociated File: AN3435SW
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^{Application Note}
Using the SC140/SC1400 Enhanced On-Chip Emulator Stopwatch Timer

PDFRev 2Jun 15, 2006772.9 KBAN2090English
^{Application Note}
MSC8122 to MSC8144 Migration Considerations

PDFRev 3Jun 7, 2006596.3 KBAN3050English
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MSC8102, MSC8122, and MSC8126 Thermal Management Design Guidelines

PDFRev 3May 3, 2006149.7 KBAN2601English
^{Application Note}
MSC8122/26 Ethernet MII Quick Start

PDFRev 0Feb 17, 2006591.8 KBAN3063EnglishAssociated File: AN3063SW
^{Application Note}
Channel Estimation in OFDM Systems

PDFRev 0Jan 31, 2006407.1 KBAN3059English
^{Application Note}
Statistical Considerations for Maximizing Channel Density on Embedded Systems

PDFRev 0Oct 6, 2005466.0 KBAN3012English
^{Application Note}
Integrated Example of MSC8122 Local Bus Usage: Ethernet, TDM, DMA, and DSI

PDFRev 0Sep 29, 2005318.3 KBAN3039EnglishAssociated File: AN3039SW
^{Application Note}
Generic Tone Generation on the StarCore^® SC140 Core

PDFRev 2Sep 1, 2005315.8 KBAN2274English
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DMA Interleaving Technique for High Bandwidth Between the MSC8122 and SDRAM

PDFRev 0Aug 25, 200587.2 KBAN3011EnglishAssociated File: AN3011SW
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^{Application Note}
Bootstrapping the MSC812x Devices Over the DSI Port

PDFRev 1Aug 22, 2005489.5 KBAN2541English
^{Application Note}
Using the DSI Header File With the MSC8122/26ADS

PDFRev 1Aug 5, 2005365.8 KBAN2392EnglishAssociated File: AN2392SW
^{Application Note}
SDRAM Support on the StarCore^®-Based MSC8122 DSP

PDFRev 0Jul 25, 2005320.4 KBAN2993English
^{Application Note}
Speech Coder Filters Using the StarCore^® SC140/SC1400 Cores

PDFRev 1Apr 11, 2005347.9 KBAN2152English
^{Application Note}
Migrating Designs from the MSC8102 to the MSC8122

PDFRev 5Apr 7, 2005232.0 KBAN2716English
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ITU-T G.729AB Implementation on the StarCore^® SC140/SC1400 Cores

PDFRev 2Mar 25, 2005274.4 KBAN2261English
^{Application Note}
Path Searcher for a WCDMA Rake Receiver

PDFRev 3Mar 15, 2005415.0 KBAN2252English
^{Application Note}
Multi-Core Programming on StarCore^®-Based DSPs

PDFRev 0Feb 18, 2005740.1 KBAN2944English
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^{Application Note}
Differences Between the EOnCE and OnCE Ports

PDFRev 1Jan 21, 2005519.0 KBAN2073EnglishAssociated File: AN2073SW
^{Application Note}
ITU-T G.729A Implementation on the StarCore^® SC140/SC1400 Cores

PDFRev 1Jan 21, 2005605.9 KBAN2151English
^{Application Note}
Implementing the Levinson-Durbin Algorithm on the SC140

PDFRev 1Jan 12, 2005452.5 KBAN2197English
^{Application Note}
ITU-T G.729 Implementation on StarCore^® SC140

PDFRev 1Dec 16, 2004738.4 KBAN2094English
^{Application Note}
Implementation of ITU-T G.711 on the StarCore^® SC140 Core

PDFRev 1Dec 16, 2004130.2 KBAN2488English
^{Application Note}
Reed Solomon Encoder/Decoder on the StarCore^® SC140 Core, With Extended Examples

PDFRev 1Dec 16, 2004788.2 KBAN2407English
^{Application Note}
ITU-T G.729I Recommendation on the StarCore SC140 Core

PDFRev 1Dec 15, 2004361.2 KBAN2397English
^{Application Note}
Optimizing a Vocoder for Operation on a StarCore^®-Based DSP

PDFRev 2Dec 15, 2004153.2 KBAN2562English
^{Application Note}
Generic Tone Detection Using Teager-Kaiser Energy Operators on the StarCore^® SC140 Core

PDFRev 1Dec 14, 20041.6 MBAN2384English
^{Application Note}
Clock Mode Selection for MSC8122 Mask Set K98M

PDFRev 0Nov 30, 2004371.0 KBAN2904EnglishAssociated File: AN2904SW
^{Application Note}
Scrambling Code Generation for WCDMA

PDFRev 1Nov 25, 2004421.1 KBAN2254English
^{Application Note}
ITU-T V.42bis Data Dictionary Search on the StarCore^® SC140

PDFRev 1Nov 23, 2004148.3 KBAN2270English
^{Application Note}
Channel Estimation for a WCDMA Rake Receiver

PDFRev 2Nov 23, 2004352.3 KBAN2253English
^{Application Note}
ITU-T G.729B Implementation on the StarCore^® SC140/SC1400 Cores

PDFRev 1Nov 22, 2004285.6 KBAN2278English
^{Application Note}
3GPP-AMR-NB With ETSI-EFR Implementation on the StarCore^® SC140/SC1400 Cores

PDFRev 1Nov 22, 2004413.4 KBAN2280English
^{Application Note}
JPEG^®2000 Wavelet Transform on StarCore^®-Based DSPs

PDFRev 2Nov 22, 2004702.6 KBAN2089English
^{Application Note}
Maximum Ratio Combining for a WCDMA Rake Receiver

PDFRev 2Nov 22, 2004160.3 KBAN2251English
^{Application Note}
Stack Measurement on StarCore^®-Based DSPs

PDFRev 2Nov 21, 2004210.8 KBAN2267English
^{Application Note}
Introduction to the StarCore^® SC140 Tools: An Approach in Nine Exercises

PDFRev 1Nov 16, 2004411.2 KBAN2009EnglishAssociated File: AN2009SW
^{Application Note}
Speed and Code-Size Trade-off with the StarCore^® SC140

PDFRev 1Nov 16, 2004204.4 KBAN1838English
^{Application Note}
Developing Optimized Code for Both Size and Speed on the StarCore^® SC140 Core

PDFRev 2Nov 16, 2004483.6 KBAN2266English
^{Application Note}
Integrated EOnCE Examples

PDFRev 1Nov 12, 2004306.2 KBAN2675English
^{Application Note}
Network Echo Cancellers and NXP^® Solutions Using the StarCore^® SC140 Core

PDFRev 1Nov 11, 2004792.0 KBAN2598English
^{Application Note}
Optimizing the Instruction Cache of StarCore^®-Based Processors

PDFRev 1Nov 11, 2004693.6 KBAN2714English
^{Application Note}
Porting Code from the DSP56300 Family of Products to the SC140/SC1400 Core

PDFRev 1Nov 11, 2004427.7 KBAN2715English
^{Application Note}
Noise Reduction on StarCore^®-Based DSP Devices

PDFRev 1Sep 30, 2004753.4 KBAN2824English
^{Application Note}
Packet Telephony Remote Diagnostics on the StarCore SC140 Core

PDFRev 1Sep 24, 2004381.8 KBAN2832English
^{Application Note}
KASUMI Block Cipher on the StarCore^® SC140 Core

PDFRev 0Sep 13, 2004365.4 KBAN2837English
^{Application Note}
Packet Telephony Automatic Level Control on the StarCore^® SC140 Core

PDFRev 1Sep 10, 2004266.0 KBAN2834English
^{Application Note}
FPGA System Bus Interface for MSC81xx: A VHDL Reference Design

PDFRev 0Aug 24, 2004340.1 KBAN2823English
^{Application Note}
Getting Started With the ADS board for the MSC8102/22/26 Devices

PDFRev 0Jul 30, 2004258.6 KBAN2814English
^{Application Note}
Tone Event Detection in Packet Telephony Using the StarCore^® SC140 Core

PDFRev 2Jul 27, 2004340.7 KBAN2775English
^{Application Note}
A Comparison of StarCore^® DSP Ethernet Controllers

PDFRev 1Jul 22, 2004348.5 KBAN2781English
^{Application Note}
StarCore^® SC140 Application Development Tutorial

PDFRev 0Mar 21, 20031.7 MBAN2441English
^{Application Note}
SC140 Application Note: How to Implement a Viterbi Decoder on the StarCore^® SC140

PDFRev 0Jan 28, 2003956.5 KBANSC140VITEnglish
^{Application Note}
JPEG^®2000 Arithmetic Encoding on StarCore^® SC140

PDFRev 1Oct 24, 2001460.3 KBAN2121English
^{Application Note Software}
Software to support AN4338

ZIPRev 1Dec 7, 201117.8 MBAN4338SWEnglish
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Software to accompany AN4063

ZIPRev 3Jun 22, 20111.7 MBAN4063SWEnglish
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Software to accompany AN4155

ZIPRev 0Jan 19, 20111.5 MBAN4155SWEnglish
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Software to Accompany Application Note AN3014

ZIPRev 1Aug 23, 200785.7 KBAN3014SWEnglish
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Software to accompany AN3435

ZIPRev 0Jul 25, 2007209.1 KBAN3435SWEnglish
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Software to Accompany Application Note AN3063

ZIPRev 0Feb 17, 20064.8 MBAN3063SWEnglish
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Software to Accompany Application Note AN2904

ZIPRev 1Oct 14, 2005321.5 KBAN2904SWEnglish
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Software to Accompany Application Note An3039

ZIPRev 0Sep 29, 2005494.1 KBAN3039SWEnglish
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Software to Accompany Application Note AN3011

ZIPRev 0Aug 25, 2005270.2 KBAN3011SWEnglish
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Software to Accompany Application Note AN2541

ZIPRev 1Aug 22, 2005557.3 KBAN2541SWEnglish
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Software to Accompany Application Note AN2392

ZIPRev 1Aug 4, 2005363.1 KBAN2392SWEnglish
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^{Application Note Software}
Software to Accompany Application Note AN2073

ZIPRev 1Jan 21, 2005531.1 KBAN2073SWEnglish
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^{Application Note Software}
Software to Accompany Application Note AN2009/D.

ZIPRev 2Nov 16, 2004263.5 KBAN2009SWEnglish
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^{Package Information}
Flip Chip Plastic Ball Grid Array (FC-PBGA) Presentation

PDFRev 1Jul 8, 20155.2 MBFC-PBGAPRESEnglish
^{Product Brief}
MSC8122 Product Brief

PDFRev 6Apr 7, 2005137.2 KBMSC8122PBEnglish

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