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Overview

Synopsys' DesignWare® ARC® Processor IP includes the DesignWare ARC® EM, ARC 600 and ARC 700 families of 32-bit processor cores, as well as the DesignWare ARC Audio and ARC Video solutions.

The ARC processor cores are highly configurable and enable SoC designers to implement a full range of embedded microprocessors optimized for their specific target application. The ARC Audio and ARC Video solutions include highly specialized cores combined with optimized codecs, offering the most complete audio and standard-definition video solutions for SoC designs available in the market.

To accelerate the chip development cycle, Synopsys' ARC Processor IP is supported by a complete and integrated development tool suite, including tools for configuration, design and simulation and software development. DesignWare ARC processor cores are also supported by a variety of 3rd-party tools, operating systems and middleware from leading industry vendors, including members of the ARC Access Program.

Products

ARC Processor Cores
ARC EM, ARC 600 and ARC 700 families of configurable processors cores more

	ARC EM Family	Compact, ultra low-power processors for deeply embedded applications

	ARC 600 Family	General-purpose embedded processor cores with DSP capabilities

	ARC 700 Family	High-performance processors for high-end embedded and host applications

Configurable Extensions
DSP, floating-point and trace options for ARC cores more

	ARC XY Advanced DSP	Adds the power of a true DSP engine to enable conventional and signal processing computation within a single architecture

	ARC FPX Floating Point	Adds high-performance single- and double-precision floating point math instructions to the configurable ARC 600 and 700 core families

	ARC SmaRT Realtime Trace	A hardware module that can be integrated into any ARC-based SoC to enable rapid software debug with minimal increase in die size and no power consumption penalty

Software & Development Tools
Accelerate development of ARC-based SoCs more

Software and development tools for ARC-based designs enable developers to quickly iterate between IP configuration, simulation and assessment

Simulation Tools
Products for co-design and simulation of ARC-based designs more

Simulation products encompassing the entire scope from automatically generated cycle accurate simulators to fast, functional instruction set simulators

Operating Systems
Deploy with operating systems optimized for ARC-based subsystems more

	MQX Software	Highly optimized application development platform designed for speed and size efficiency

	ARC Android OS	Leverage extensive, existing software and applications for the Android OS

	ARC Linux OS	An optimized port of the Linux 2.6 OS for running on ARC CPU configurations with a memory management unit

	Partner Operating Systems	OS ports available for Express Logic ThreadX, ITRON, Micrium C/OS-II, CMX and other operating systems

ARC Audio Solution
ARC audio processors with powerful dual-MAC DSP more

	ARC Audio Codecs	The ARC Audio Solution is combined with optimized audio codecs for a pre-verified solution that can be quickly integrated into SoCs

	Development Platforms	Developers of software for ARC cores may choose among several different tool chains and development environments

Media Streaming Framework
Complete software solution for audio processing more

For easy creation of complex audio graphs, including a Blu-ray Disk reference design

ARC Video Solution
Fully programmable video processor and codecs more

	ARC Video Codecs	Video Optimized Subsystems based on the Linux-capable ARC750D processor, award winning VRaptor SIMD coprocessors, and intelligently integrated hardware accelerators

	Development Platforms	Developers of software for ARC cores may choose among several different tool chains and development environments

Star IP Processors
High-performance, high-value IP for leading CPU architectures more

	PowerPC 405	Fully synthesizable PowerPC 405 processor core employing the scalable and flexible Power ISA™ 2.03 and optimized for embedded applications

	PowerPC 460	Fully synthesizable PowerPC™ 460 Processor Core, which implements the flexible and powerful Book-E Enhanced PowerPC Architecture™. Fully synthesizable PowerPC™ 460 Processor Core, which implements the flexible and powerful Book-E Enhanced PowerPC Architecture™

	Nios II Processor	For more information on this ASIC-optimized version of Altera's Nios II processor core, please contact us at niosII@synopsys.com.