S YSTEM L EVEL I NTEGRATION A TMEL YOUR PARTNER FOR SYSTEM LEVEL INTEGRATION For a single-chip solution to your most exacting application requirements - talk to the experts. You have a product concept that you must bring to the market in the shortest possible timescale. Its functionality is highly complex, requiring an optimum mix of hardware and software. It must be low-power, small, fast, adaptable - and low-cost. Specify System Partition Software/Hardware Qualified Hardware Blocks Integrate Hardware Hardware/Software Co-simulation Qualified Software Modules Integrate Software Emulate Hardware and Software on FPGA-based Development Platform Produce Hardware Prototypes Production Run of Volume ICs Test Software on Prototype Run Software on Production IC In partnership with Atmel, you can turn your idea into a system-onchip... Prototype Software Version Production Software Version Rich library of qualified IP blocks and ASSPs for rapid, low-risk integration Configurable MCU-based development platforms for system emulation Advanced DSPs, RISC MCUs and plugcompatible peripherals for your basic system architecture Open operating systems including MultosTM, Linux(R), Windows(R) and JavaTM for rapid application software development Application-specific cores such as image capture arrays, voice and line codecs Standard interfaces such as USB, ISO 7816 (Smart Cards), I2C, PCI and CAN for immediate compatibility with external devices Proven track record on some of the most advanced singlechip products in the industry R SLI CBIC Product Marketing USA Tel : (+1)(408) 451-4874 Fax : (+1)(408) 451-4804 France Tel : (+33)(0)4 42 53 60 00 Fax : (+33)(0)4 42 53 60 01 A S INGLE - CHIP S OLUTION FOR Y OUR A PPLICATION Atmel understands that to get a highly complex system-on-chip to today's market, you need an optimal mix of hardware for power and software for flexibility. You need to take full advantage of re-usable IP blocks. Everything must plug together seamlessly. To launch your system in its limited market window, you need to do as much as possible in parallel: development and integration of blocks, hardware/ software co-simulation, system emulation at operational speed, rapid prototype fabrication, fast ramp-up to volume. Atmel can provide all of this. We can apply our expertise at every step of the SLI design flow. Syste Corporate Headquarters 2325 Orchard Parkway San Jose, CA 95131 USA Tel : (+1)(408) 436 4228 / 487 2610 Fax : (+1)(408) 436 4300 Europe Atmel U.K. Ltd Coliseum Business Centre Riverside Way, Camberley Surrey GU15 3YL, England Tel : (+44)(0)(1276) 68 66 77 Fax : (+44)(0)(1276) 68 66 97 Asia Atmel Asia Ltd Room 1219 Chinachem Golden Plaza 77 Mody Road Tsimshatsui East, Kowloon Hong Kong Tel : (+852) 272 19 778 Fax : (+852) 272 21 369 Japan Atmel Japan KK Tonetsu Shinkawa Bldg, 9F 1-24-8 Shinkawa System Specification We listen, carefully. Once we understand clearly what your system must do, we're up and running. Partition Hardware/Software Data We apply our experience from a In/O ut number of market-leading hybrid MCU/DSP architectures to advise Data you on the best block configuration In/Out and signal flow for your system. Multiple software streams exchanging data via FIFOs are well known to us. If necessary, we put you in touch with an expert in software development for embedded systems to ensure that your application runs exactly as intended. Integrate Hardware Atmel has one of the richest libraries of qualified blocks in the industry. They range from advanced DSP and RISC MCUs with plug-compatible peripherals to optical image sensors, baseband signal processors and whatever configuration of RAM, ROM, EEPROM or Flash memories you require. You can contribute the IP blocks that make your device unique. Our HDL-based design flow is supported on all leading CAD tools. Chuo-Ku, Tokyo 104-0033 Japan Tel : (+81) 3 3523 3551 Fax : (+81) 3 3523 7581 E-mail literature@atmel.com Web Site http://www.atmel.com R (c) Atmel Corporation 2000 Terms and product names may be trademarks of others. All figures in this brochure are for illustrative purposes only. See Atmel data books for definitive figures and for applicable limitations and warranties. 0746D-04/00/12M Integrate Software Our MCUs support Linux(R), Windows(R), MULTOSTM, JavaTM and other open operating systems, and all our peripheral blocks are supplied with software device drivers. This leaves you free to concentrate on the application level. Our application software libraries provide many basic functions. Advanced software development tools help you at every step. You can simulate hardware and software together - giving you a precise indication of how your application will run on its platform, before anything is committed to silicon. Flas h/R Prog OM ram SR Work AM spac e m Clo ck S ourc e Mas te Cloc r k EEP RO Data M Em Micro bedded contr Core oller Cac Mem he ory Micro c Perip ontroller hera ls DPR A FIFO M Stan Interf dard aces E mb e DSP dded Core Syste m-sp Logic ecific Analo g Inte Analo rfacin g In/O g an d Pro cess DSP Data Flow ing ut Typical architecture of a system-on-chip develop the centerpiece of our system-onchip (SoC) design flow - an FPGA-based emulator that runs your system software at close to operational speed. We select the closest match to your system architecture from one of our MCU-based platforms and map system-specific blocks onto an FPGA. The result is a very close approximation to how your IC will perform in operational use. This emulation platform enables you to refine your system, both hardware and software, while avoiding the cost and delays of prototype re-spins. Rapid Prototyping We map your design onto the latest in CMOS with embedded NVM silicon technology and advanced packaging, and produce the prototype at one of our stateof-the-art fabrication plants. There are no outsourcing delays. Running the software serves to confirm what has already been established in emulation - it's a right-first time system. A plus: our MCU cores are industryleaders in code compactness from C or C++ source. This keeps on-chip program memory to a minimum. Volume Production We can apply our worldwide fabrication capacity to ramp your product up to volume in whatever timescale you require. Emulate Hardware and Software Experience shows that most SLI problems are due to the interaction between modules, particularly between hardware and software. This has led us to Support Our network of expert support engineers in all time zones is there give you whatever help you need to ensure that your application works as specified.