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ADSP-BF59x Blackfin Processor Hardware Reference 1-1
1 INTRODUCTION
The ADSP-BF59x processors are members of the Blackfin processor fam-
ily that offer significant high performance and low power features while
retaining their ease-of-use benefits.
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This hardware reference is a companion document to the Blackfin
Processor Programming Reference .
General Description of Processor
The ADSP-BF59x processor is a member of the Blackfin
®
family of prod-
ucts, incorporating the Analog Devices/Intel Micro Signal Architecture
(MSA). Blackfin processors combine a dual-MAC state-of-the-art signal
processing engine, the advantages of a clean, orthogonal RISC-like micro-
processor instruction set, and single-instruction, multiple-data (SIMD)
multimedia capabilities into a single instruction-set architecture.
The ADSP-BF59x processor is completely code compatible with other
Blackfin processors. ADSP-BF59x processors offer performance up to
400 MHz and reduced static power consumption. The processor features
are shown in
Table 1-1 .
By integrating a rich set of industry-leading system peripherals and mem-
ory, Blackfin processors are the platform of choice for next-generation
applications that require RISC-like programmability, multimedia support,
and leading-edge signal processing in one integrated package.