Dezhou instrument C64x framework adopts Linux kernel
News A few days ago, the instrument of Dezhou (TI) Announce it to its C64x series digital signal processing device (DSP) Systematic with multi-core sheet (SoC) Offer Linux kernel to support, by fully meeting communication, key task infrastructure, medical diagnosis and high performance and measuring and testing etc. that employs the demand. The customer is regarding it as the important constituent element of the products to make the source code day by day, so employ developers to be fully benefited and adopt the advantage of Linux in TI high performance DSP, can reduce software development, and concentrate more energy on realizing the difference between characteristic and software in its application.
Olaf Soentgen of NashTechnologies points out: "TI group playing an important role in the inner nuclear application in the high performance taking SIGPROC signal processing as direction much of processor of C64x. The introduction that Linux supports can expand the application of C64x to while employing by the part that RISC kernel is being finished all the time traditionally. We are fully making use of TI SoC to lower costs, simplify the development of one femto of base stations of honeycomb. "
TI efforts on C64xLinux already obtained a large amount of support in the relevant community now. In order to have the nuclear transplantation in Linux to C64x ISA, Code Sourcery is developing the intact tool chain, includes assembling (GCC) GNU compiler With GNU project debugging device (GDB) Support. The goal of this project is C64x Linux kernel and GCC / GDB tool can all be accepted by kernel.org and free software foundation, enable their capital to be regarded as and increased income community's project gets overall support. In addition, TI will also initiate a Linux-C64x door and distribution plan facing community, promoting about this technical communication and development that developed. ENEA is putting out the multi-core communication protocol stack of increasing income extensibly for C64x Linux community, and offer advanced software and debugging tool of multi-core platform for it. Nash Technologies is implementing the characteristic from such as the function of chip level of communication contourgraph among the multi-core processors to intact LTE agreement. Regard the early period of community as likewise the participant's PolyCore software company is implementing MCAPI multi-core communication chassis.
The general manager Brian Glinsman of banking department of TI communication infrastructure shows: "Our customer is adopting and making the source code as the important constituent element of their solutions fast. Because C64x products have ultra low power consumption and low cost characteristic, so customer traditional DSP MAC/PHY and the intersection of coder-decoder and algorithm and classical RISC control code and agreement to demonstrate strong thick excitement to run at DSP of us Interesting. TI adopts Linux and C64x that the open tool chain supported the industry to be powerful, will make this kind integrate and become reality. "
It is reported, TI supports TMS320C6474 to the nuclear products in C64xLinux, TMS320C6455 and TMS320C6457 will begin to supply in the 3rd quarter of 2010.
