Digital signal processors (DSPs) – Getting Started
World leaders in DSP
- Wide range of performance addressing broad range of embedded market.
- Lowest power consumption DSPs - C55x family.
- Highest-performance Multicore DSPs (used in specialized servers) - C6678 Multicore DSP and 66AK2H14 Arm® + DSP
- DSP Processors optimized with wide range of peripherals supporting graphics, video encode/decode, high-speed connectivity, industrial communications, and more.
- System-on-chip solutions available with integrated Arm® cores for size, weight, and power savings (SWAP).
- Easy software development with TI's world-class optimizing compiler, Code Composer Studio™ IDE and optimized DSP libraries.
- Real-time Operating System (TI-RTOS) available and supported by TI for time-critical applications.
- TI Design Network offers experienced developers to aid in software/hardware development.
Digital signal processors
DSPs bring computing performance, real-time processing, and power efficiency to diverse applications ranging from sensors to servers. Our product range spans high-performance real-time needs, to power-efficient processors with industry-leading lowest active power needs. Choose one of our scalable solutions below.
 Ultra-Low Power C55x |
 Single Core C674x |
 Multicore C66x |
 Multicore ARM + DSP 66AK2x |
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| Speed (MHz) | 50-300MHz | 200-456MHz | 850MHz-1.4GHz | ARM: 600MHz to 1.4 GHz DSP: 600MHz to 1.4 GHz |
| FLOPS/MACS/MIPS | Up to 600 MMACS | Up to 2.7 GFLOPS Up to 3.6 GMACS |
Up to 179 GFLOPS Up to 358 GMACS |
Up to 19600 DMIPS Up to 67.2 GFLOPS Up to 44.8 GMACS |
| Power Consumption (typ.) | 20-300mW | &ld;0.5W | 2W-10W | 1.5W-12W |
| External Memory | 16b SDRAM | 16b DDR2/mDDR | 64b (LP)DDR3 w/ECC | 64b (LP)DDR3 w/ECC 32b DDR3L w/ECC |
| Operating system | CSL | TI RTOS | TI RTOS | Linux™/TI RTOS |
| Key Features | Ultra-low power, fixed point DSP, FFT hardware accelerator, integrated LDO, small footprint | Low power, fixed floating point DSP, code reuse from C64x/C67x, PRU, pin compatible with OMAP-L138/2, secure boot option | High performance, power efficient fixed floating point, Keystone architecture for enhanced multicore performance, Security and Packet acceleration, Single to eight C66x core scalability | Up to 4 High performance ARM® Cortex®-A15 cores with NEON, power efficient fixed floating point C66x DSP, Keystone architecture for enhanced multicore performance, security and packet acceleration, integrated digital front end (DFE), industrial acceleration |
| Peripherals | USB, UART, I2C, McSPI, EMIF, ADC, LDO, LCD interface | LCD Controller, USB2, SATA, EMAC, Video in/out, uPP (for high speed data converters) | PCIe Gen2, Serial RapidIO, GigE with integrated switch, Hyperlink | Up to two 10GigE and eight GigE ports with integrated switches, PCIe Gen2, Telecom Serial Interface Port (TSIP), Hyperlink, JESD204B, McASP, Display, PRU-ICSS |
| Applications | Wearables, audio, biometrics | Mobile radio, Currency counter, Biometrics | Machine vision, Radar, Embedded analytics, Multimedia infrastructure, Avionics, Imaging | Avionics and Defense, Communications and Telecom, Industrial and Process Control, Test and Measurement |
| Pricing | Starting at $1.95 (1K) | Starting at $6.30 (1K) | Starting at $33.60 (1K) | Starting at $20.10 (1K) |
| Learn More | Learn more about C55x | Learn more about C674x | Learn more about C66x | Learn more about 66AK2x |
Processor Benchmarks
Benchmarks are a useful tool in judging a processor’s performance. The pages and links here present a sampling of benchmark data from TI’s optimized libraries, as well as independent benchmarking results.
We have divided TI benchmarks into two major categories:
- Core benchmarks – focused solely on the performance of a single core type.
- Device benchmarks – benchmarks at the device level. These may include multiple cores, memory, data movement, and cache effects in the measurement.
Independent Benchmarks
- BDTI benchmarks - BDTI DSP Kernel benchmarks are the property of Berkeley Design Technology, Inc. (BDTI), an independent source of analysis, advice and engineering for embedded processor technology and applications.
