DaVinci Technology Overview

Specifically designed for digital video applications DaVinci technology is a signal processing-based solution. It provides video equipment manufacturers the opportunity to accelerate innovation and simplify design process with integrated processors, and software tools.

Brief description

The portfolio of DaVinci processors consists of scalable, programmable signal processing system on chips (SoCs), accelerators and peripherals, optimized to match the price, performance and feature requirements for a broad spectrum of video end equipments.

The DaVinci technology portfolio includes:

• TMS320DM644x digital media processors :

Highly integrated SoCs based on an ARM926 processor and the TMS320C64x+™ DSP core. The TMS320DM6446, TMS320DM6443 and TMS320DM6441 processors are ideal for applications and end equipments such as video phones, automotive infotainment and IP set-top boxes (STB).

• TMS320DM643x digital media processors :

Based on the C64x+™ DSP core, the TMS320DM6437, TMS320DM6435, TMS320DM6433 and TMS320DM6431 processors are ideal for cost-sensitive
applications and include special features that make them suitable for automotive market applications such as lane departure and collision avoidance, as well as machine-vision systems, robotics and video security.

• TMS320DM647/TMS320DM648 digital media processors:

Optimized for multi-channel video security and infrastructure applications, including digital video recorders (DVRs), IP video servers, machine-vision systems and high-performance imaging applications. The DM647 and DM648 digital media processors are fully programmable and offer industry-leading performance for the most demanding streaming multimedia applications.

• TMS320DM6467 digital media processors:

DSP-based system-on-chips (SoCs) specifically tuned for real-time, multi-format, HD video transcoding at 10× the performance and 1/10th the price. The DM6467 consists of an integrated ARM926EJ-S core, C64x+ DSP core, High-Definition Video/Imaging Co-Processors (HD-VICP), video data conversion engine and targeted video port interfaces. The DM6467 is specifically designed to address the HD transcoding challenge for commercial and consumer markets, such as media gateways, multi-point control units, digital media adaptors, digital video servers and recorders for the security market and IP set-top boxes.

• TMS320DM335 digital media processors:

Include an integrated video processing subsystem and an ARM926 processor at clock speeds of 135, 216 or 270 MHz. The DM335 processor is optimized for targeted end equipments such as video-enabled universal remote controls, Internet radio, e-books, video doorbells and digital telescopes. The DM335 processor is a low-cost, low power
processor providing advanced graphical user interface for display applications that do not require video compression and decompression.

• TMS320DM355 digital media processors:

Include an integrated video processing subsystem, an MPEG-4/JPEG co-processor plus an ARM926 processor and is available in clock speeds of 135, 216 or 270 MHz. The DM355 is optimized for targeted end equipments such as video doorbells, baby
monitors, digital cameras and wireless IP network cameras. Driving the market growth for nextgeneration, portable, high-definition (HD) video products, this digital media processor provides HD video performance and double the battery life of today’s comparable portable products.

Application products:

• Automotive infotainment
• Automotive vision
• Digital cameras
• Digital media adaptor
• Digital photo frames
• Digital telescope
• Digital video recorders
• E-books
• Internet radio
• IP network cameras
• IP set-top boxes
• Machine vision
• Media gateways
• Medical imaging
• Multi-conferencing units
• Portable media players
• Robotics
• Video broadcast
transcoding
• Video conferencing
• Video door bells
• Video-enabled universal
remote controls
• Video infrastructure
• Video phones
• Video surveillance
DVRs/DVS

DaVinci™ Technology