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SuperH
®
Family of Microcontrollers & Microprocessors
■ SuperH has 2D and 3D
graphics capabilities
SuperH RISC and RISC/FPU
microprocessors have excellent
graphics-handling capabilities,
allowing consumer-level prod-
ucts with highly integrated,
enhanced features at popular
prices. Systems built with other
processor architectures require a
separate graphics chip, which
would increase complexity and
add cost.
• Superscalar architecture
(SH-2A, SH-4, and SH-4A) –
Allows FPU operations to occur
independently from non-FPU
operations of the system. This
optimizes the performance
of the graphics calculations
and minimizes flicker and
graphic stalling.
• Pair single-precision data
transfer – Data transfer
can be performed by pair
single-precision data transfer
instructions, which enable two
single-precision (each 32-bit)
data items to be transferred for
double the transfer performance.
• Vector/matrix calculation – Data can be processed
efficiently because four multiplication operations and
one addition operation are performed in parallel.
• Geometric-operation instructions – To enable
high-speed computation with a minimum of
hardware, geometric-operation instructions
perform approximate-value computations.
• The SH-4 supports two 32-byte store queues (SQ) to
perform high-speed burst writes to external memory.
While the contents of one SQ are being transferred to
external memory, the other SQ can be written to
without a penalty cycle. This functionality is especially
useful to transfer video, graphic or display list data to
the frame buffer of the graphic processor.
■ SuperH MCU flash technology leadership
Fourth-generation embedded flash, introduced in 2002,
features single-cycle access to on-chip flash memory.
• 0.18µm process, flash size as high as 1MB
• Access as fast as 12.5ns @ 80MHz
• Up to -40°C to +125°C range
• Minimum endurance up to 10,000 erase/write cycles
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