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Arm CPU 2 Arm Cortex-A72 Arm (max) (MHz) 2000 Coprocessors MCU Island of 1 Dual Arm Cortex-R5, SoC main of 4 Arm Cortex-R5F (lockstep opt) CPU 64-bit Display type 1 DSI, 1 EDP, 2 DPI Protocols Ethernet Ethernet MAC 8-Port 2.5Gb switch PCIe 4 PCIe Gen 3 switch Features Networking Operating system Linux, QNX, RTOS Security Cryptography, Debug security, Device identity, Isolation firewalls, Secure boot, Secure storage & programming, Software IP protection, Trusted execution environment Rating Catalog Power supply solution LP8764-Q1, TPS6594-Q1 Operating temperature range (°C) -40 to 105
Arm CPU 2 Arm Cortex-A72 Arm (max) (MHz) 2000 Coprocessors MCU Island of 1 Dual Arm Cortex-R5, SoC main of 4 Arm Cortex-R5F (lockstep opt) CPU 64-bit Display type 1 DSI, 1 EDP, 2 DPI Protocols Ethernet Ethernet MAC 8-Port 2.5Gb switch PCIe 4 PCIe Gen 3 switch Features Networking Operating system Linux, QNX, RTOS Security Cryptography, Debug security, Device identity, Isolation firewalls, Secure boot, Secure storage & programming, Software IP protection, Trusted execution environment Rating Catalog Power supply solution LP8764-Q1, TPS6594-Q1 Operating temperature range (°C) -40 to 105
FCBGA (ALF) 827 576 mm² 24 x 24

Processor cores:

  • Dual 64-bit Arm Cortex-A72 microprocessor subsystem at up to 2.0GHz
    • 1MB shared L2 cache per dual-core Arm Cortex-A72 cluster
    • 32KB L1 DCache and 48KB L1 ICache per Cortex-A72 Core
  • Six Arm Cortex-R5F MCUs at up to 1.0GHz
    • 16K I-Cache, 16K D-Cache, 64K L2 TCM
    • Two Arm Cortex-R5F MCUs in isolated MCU subsystem
    • Four Arm Cortex-R5F MCUs in general compute partition
  • Deep-learning Matrix Multiply Accelerator (MMA), up to 8 TOPS (8b) at 1.0 GHz
  • C7x floating point, vector DSP, up to 1.0 GHz, 80 GFLOPS, 256 GOPS
  • Two C66x floating point DSP, up to 1.35 GHz, 40 GFLOPS, 160 GOPS
  • 3D GPU PowerVR Rogue 8XE GE8430, up to 750 MHz, 96 GFLOPS, 6 Gpix/sec

    Memory subsystem:

  • Up to 8MB of on-chip L3 RAM with ECC and coherency
    • ECC error protection
    • Shared coherent cache
    • Supports internal DMA engine
  • External Memory Interface (EMIF) module with ECC
    • Supports LPDDR4 memory types
    • Supports speeds up to 4266 MT/s
    • 32-bit data bus with inline ECC up to 14.9GB/s
  • General-Purpose Memory Controller (GPMC)
  • 512KB on-chip SRAM in MAIN domain, protected by ECC

    Display subsystem:

  • One eDP/DP interface with Multi-Display Support (MST)
    • HDCP1.4/HDCP2.2 high-bandwidth digital content protection
  • One DSI TX (up to 2.5K)
  • Up to two DPI

    Video acceleration:

  • Ultra-HD video, one (3840 × 2160p, 60 fps), or two (3840 × 2160p, 30 fps) H.264/H.265 decode
  • Full-HD video, four (1920 × 1080p, 60 fps), or eight (1920 × 1080p, 30 fps) H.264/H.265 decode
  • Full-HD video, one (1920 × 1080p, 60 fps), or up to three (1920 × 1080p, 30 fps) H.264 encode

    Functional Safety:

  • Functional Safety-Compliant targeted (on select part numbers)
    • Developed for functional safety applications
    • Documentation available to aid ISO 26262/IEC 61508 functional safety system design up to ASIL-D/SIL-3 targeted
    • Systematic capability up to ASIL-D/SC-3 targeted
    • Hardware integrity up to ASIL-D/SIL-3 targeted for MCU Domain
    • Hardware integrity up to ASIL-B/SIL-2 targeted for Main Domain
    • Safety-related certification
      • ISO 26262 certification up to ASIL-D by TÜV SÜD planned
      • IEC 61508 certification up to SIL-3 by TÜV SÜD planned
  • AEC-Q100 qualified on part number variants ending in Q1
  • Device security (on select part numbers):

  • Secure boot with secure run-time support
  • Customer programmable root key, up to RSA-4K or ECC-512
  • Embedded hardware security module
  • Crypto hardware accelerators – PKA with ECC, AES, SHA, RNG, DES and 3DES

    High speed serial interfaces:

  • Two CSI2.0 4L RX plus one CSI2.0 4L TX
  • Integrated Ethernet switch supporting up to 8 external ports
    • All ports support 2.5Gb SGMII
    • All ports support 1Gb SGMII/RGMII
    • All ports support 100Mb RMII
    • Any two ports support QSGMII (using 4 internal ports per QSGMII)
  • Up to four PCI-Express (PCIe) Gen3 controllers
    • Gen1 (2.5GT/s), Gen2 (5.0GT/s), and Gen3 (8.0GT/s) operation with auto-negotiation
    • Up to two lanes per controller
  • Two USB 3.0 dual-role device (DRD) subsystem
    • Two enhanced SuperSpeed Gen1 ports
    • Each port supports Type-C switching
    • Each port independently configurable as USB host, USB peripheral, or USB DRD

    Automotive interfaces:

  • Sixteen Modular Controller Area Network (MCAN) modules with full CAN-FD support

    Audio interfaces:

  • Twelve Multichannel Audio Serial Port (MCASP) modules

    Flash memory interfaces:

  • Embedded MultiMediaCard interface ( eMMC™ 5.1)
  • Universal Flash Storage (UFS 2.1) interface with two lanes
  • Two Secure Digital 3.0/Secure Digital Input Output 3.0 interfaces (SD3.0/SDIO3.0)
  • Two simultaneous flash interfaces configured as
    • One OSPI and one QSPI flash interfaces
    • or one HyperBus™ and one QSPI flash interface

    System-on-Chip (SoC) architecture:

  • 16-nm FinFET technology
  • 24 mm × 24 mm, 0.8-mm pitch, 827-pin FCBGA (ALF), enables IPC class 3 PCB routing

    TPS6594-Q1 Companion Power Management ICs (PMIC):

  • Functional Safety support up to ASIL-D
  • Flexible mapping to support different use cases

Processor cores:

  • Dual 64-bit Arm Cortex-A72 microprocessor subsystem at up to 2.0GHz
    • 1MB shared L2 cache per dual-core Arm Cortex-A72 cluster
    • 32KB L1 DCache and 48KB L1 ICache per Cortex-A72 Core
  • Six Arm Cortex-R5F MCUs at up to 1.0GHz
    • 16K I-Cache, 16K D-Cache, 64K L2 TCM
    • Two Arm Cortex-R5F MCUs in isolated MCU subsystem
    • Four Arm Cortex-R5F MCUs in general compute partition
  • Deep-learning Matrix Multiply Accelerator (MMA), up to 8 TOPS (8b) at 1.0 GHz
  • C7x floating point, vector DSP, up to 1.0 GHz, 80 GFLOPS, 256 GOPS
  • Two C66x floating point DSP, up to 1.35 GHz, 40 GFLOPS, 160 GOPS
  • 3D GPU PowerVR Rogue 8XE GE8430, up to 750 MHz, 96 GFLOPS, 6 Gpix/sec

    Memory subsystem:

  • Up to 8MB of on-chip L3 RAM with ECC and coherency
    • ECC error protection
    • Shared coherent cache
    • Supports internal DMA engine
  • External Memory Interface (EMIF) module with ECC
    • Supports LPDDR4 memory types
    • Supports speeds up to 4266 MT/s
    • 32-bit data bus with inline ECC up to 14.9GB/s
  • General-Purpose Memory Controller (GPMC)
  • 512KB on-chip SRAM in MAIN domain, protected by ECC

    Display subsystem:

  • One eDP/DP interface with Multi-Display Support (MST)
    • HDCP1.4/HDCP2.2 high-bandwidth digital content protection
  • One DSI TX (up to 2.5K)
  • Up to two DPI

    Video acceleration:

  • Ultra-HD video, one (3840 × 2160p, 60 fps), or two (3840 × 2160p, 30 fps) H.264/H.265 decode
  • Full-HD video, four (1920 × 1080p, 60 fps), or eight (1920 × 1080p, 30 fps) H.264/H.265 decode
  • Full-HD video, one (1920 × 1080p, 60 fps), or up to three (1920 × 1080p, 30 fps) H.264 encode

    Functional Safety:

  • Functional Safety-Compliant targeted (on select part numbers)
    • Developed for functional safety applications
    • Documentation available to aid ISO 26262/IEC 61508 functional safety system design up to ASIL-D/SIL-3 targeted
    • Systematic capability up to ASIL-D/SC-3 targeted
    • Hardware integrity up to ASIL-D/SIL-3 targeted for MCU Domain
    • Hardware integrity up to ASIL-B/SIL-2 targeted for Main Domain
    • Safety-related certification
      • ISO 26262 certification up to ASIL-D by TÜV SÜD planned
      • IEC 61508 certification up to SIL-3 by TÜV SÜD planned
  • AEC-Q100 qualified on part number variants ending in Q1
  • Device security (on select part numbers):

  • Secure boot with secure run-time support
  • Customer programmable root key, up to RSA-4K or ECC-512
  • Embedded hardware security module
  • Crypto hardware accelerators – PKA with ECC, AES, SHA, RNG, DES and 3DES

    High speed serial interfaces:

  • Two CSI2.0 4L RX plus one CSI2.0 4L TX
  • Integrated Ethernet switch supporting up to 8 external ports
    • All ports support 2.5Gb SGMII
    • All ports support 1Gb SGMII/RGMII
    • All ports support 100Mb RMII
    • Any two ports support QSGMII (using 4 internal ports per QSGMII)
  • Up to four PCI-Express (PCIe) Gen3 controllers
    • Gen1 (2.5GT/s), Gen2 (5.0GT/s), and Gen3 (8.0GT/s) operation with auto-negotiation
    • Up to two lanes per controller
  • Two USB 3.0 dual-role device (DRD) subsystem
    • Two enhanced SuperSpeed Gen1 ports
    • Each port supports Type-C switching
    • Each port independently configurable as USB host, USB peripheral, or USB DRD

    Automotive interfaces:

  • Sixteen Modular Controller Area Network (MCAN) modules with full CAN-FD support

    Audio interfaces:

  • Twelve Multichannel Audio Serial Port (MCASP) modules

    Flash memory interfaces:

  • Embedded MultiMediaCard interface ( eMMC™ 5.1)
  • Universal Flash Storage (UFS 2.1) interface with two lanes
  • Two Secure Digital 3.0/Secure Digital Input Output 3.0 interfaces (SD3.0/SDIO3.0)
  • Two simultaneous flash interfaces configured as
    • One OSPI and one QSPI flash interfaces
    • or one HyperBus™ and one QSPI flash interface

    System-on-Chip (SoC) architecture:

  • 16-nm FinFET technology
  • 24 mm × 24 mm, 0.8-mm pitch, 827-pin FCBGA (ALF), enables IPC class 3 PCB routing

    TPS6594-Q1 Companion Power Management ICs (PMIC):

  • Functional Safety support up to ASIL-D
  • Flexible mapping to support different use cases

DRA829 processors, based on the Arm®v8 64-bit architecture, provide advanced system integration to enable lower system costs of automotive and industrial applications. The integrated diagnostics and functional safety features are targeted to ASIL-B/C or SIL-2 certification/requirements. The integrated microcontroller (MCU) island eliminates the need for an external system MCU. The device features a Gigabit Ethernet switch and a PCIe hub which enables networking use cases that require heavy data bandwidth. Up to four Arm Cortex-R5F subsystems manage low level, timing critical processing tasks leaving the Arm Cortex-A72’s unencumbered for applications. A dual-core cluster configuration of Arm Cortex-A72 facilitates multi-OS applications with minimal need for a software hypervisor.

DRA829 processors, based on the Arm®v8 64-bit architecture, provide advanced system integration to enable lower system costs of automotive and industrial applications. The integrated diagnostics and functional safety features are targeted to ASIL-B/C or SIL-2 certification/requirements. The integrated microcontroller (MCU) island eliminates the need for an external system MCU. The device features a Gigabit Ethernet switch and a PCIe hub which enables networking use cases that require heavy data bandwidth. Up to four Arm Cortex-R5F subsystems manage low level, timing critical processing tasks leaving the Arm Cortex-A72’s unencumbered for applications. A dual-core cluster configuration of Arm Cortex-A72 facilitates multi-OS applications with minimal need for a software hypervisor.

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* Data sheet DRA829 Processors datasheet (Rev. K) PDF | HTML 22 Apr 2024
* Errata J721E DRA829/TDA4VM Processors Silicon Revision 1.1/1.0 (Rev. D) PDF | HTML 04 Oct 2022

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