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Chapter 1 Overview Introduction The Scenix SX family of configurable communications controllers are fabricated in an advanced CMOS process technology. The advanced process, combined with a RISC-based architecture, allows high-speed computation, flexible I/O control, and efficient data manipulation. Throughput is enhanced by operating the device at frequencies up to 100 MHz and by optimizing the instruction set to include mostly single-cycle instructions.
The speed and flexibility of the Scenix architecture complemented with the availability of the Virtual Peripheral library, simultaneously address a wide range of engineering and product development con- cerns.
• FFT/DFT based algorithms The Communications Controller The combination of the Scenix hardware architecture and the Virtual Peripheral concept create a powerful, creative platform for the communications design communities: SX communications con- troller. Its high processing power, re-cofigurability, cost-effectiveness, and overall design freedom give the designer the power to build products for the future with the confidence of knowing that they can keep up with innovation in standards and other areas.
Protocol stack, and communication interfaces, that allow design engineers to embed Internet connec- tivity into all of their products at extremely low cost and very little effort. Scenix’s complete network connectivity protocol stack implementation (SX-Stack), enables single- chip Web servers and E-mail appliances in embedded applications. The implementation includes the physical layer interface with the TCP/IP network connectivity protocols, enabling system designers to produce cost-effective embedded Internet devices without external physical access or a gateway PC.
Instruction Set Introduction The Scenix SX configurable communications controllers use a RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) architecture. In this type of architecture, the instruction set is limited in complexity and diversity, but the instructions can be executed very fast, typically at a rate of one instruction per clock cycle.
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