Beyond Semiconductor

Beyond Semiconductor


Beyond Semiconductor licenses two families of 32-bit processor cores available as Verilog RTL (register-transfer-logic) source. All processors come with industry-standard software-development tools and operating-system support, including Linux and eCos. The modern, superscalar Beyond BA14 processor features dual-issue, out-of-order execution. With DSP instructions and an optional double-precision floating-point unit, it targets applications with demanding performance requirements. The Beyond BA22 processor balances gate count and on-die or external memory size. In its smallest configuration, it suits deeply embedded applications to replace 8- and 16-bit processors. The four-way cache and TLBs (translation-look-aside buffers) enable the Beyond BA22 to run modern Linux-multimedia applications.