Slide 1: CEVA-X1 Lightweight Multi-Purpose Processor for IoT
CEVA-X1 Lightweight Multi-Purpose Processor for IoT CEVA Proprietary Information 1
Slide 2: Cellular IoT for The Massive Internet of Things
Cellular IoT for The Massive Internet of Things Narrowband LTE Technologies Days Battery Life Years LTE-Advanced LTE Cat-1 Cat-M1 Cat-NB1 >10Mbps Up to 10Mbps Up to 1Mbps <100Kbps Mobile Devices Wearables Smart Asset Environmental Utilities Tracking Monitoring Connected Remote Healthcare Smart Smart
Slide 3: Introducing the CEVA-X1
Introducing the CEVA-X1 Lightweight, multi-purpose, single-core processor for cellular IoT Derived from the NEW CEVA-X Architecture Framework Extended Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) combining DSP+CPU processing Eliminates need for separate CPU Addresses severe size, power and cost limitations fo
Slide 4: Introducing the CEVA-X1 (cont'd)
Introducing the CEVA-X1 (cont’d) Also serves as processing hub for other closely-related IoT technologies CEVA Proprietary Information 4
Slide 5: The Three Pillars of CEVA-X1
The Three Pillars of CEVA-X1 Efficient Controller Advanced System 1 Powerful DSP Processing 2 Capabilities 3 Control 4-way VLIW Architecture CoreMark/MHz: 3.3 CEVA Connect 32-bit SIMD operations On par with ARM Cortex-M4 Offload the processor with control 64-bit memory bandwidth Compact code size an
Slide 6: CEVA-X1 Architecture Diagram
CEVA-X1 Architecture Diagram Features Configurations Pipeline 10 stage VLIW 4 way SIMD [bit] 32 Scalar Units 1 MAC [16x16-bit] 2 MAC [32x32-bit] 1 Data Memory width [bit] 64 LD + 64 ST SP Floating-Point Optional Dynamic Branch Prediction Optional Data Cache Optional Instruction Cache Optional CEVA-C
Slide 7: Dedicated Cat-NB1 Instructions
Dedicated Cat-NB1 Instructions Detailed analysis of the Cat-NB1 standard and profiling of Baseband and Layer 2 (MAC, PDCP, RLC) on CEVA-X1 Low data-rate cellular IoT standards are better addressed with dedicated instructions rather than HW accelerators external to the core Baseband: Viterbi, Turbo e
Slide 8: CEVA-X1 HW and SW Components
CEVA-X1 HW and SW Components SW components Protocol Stack RTOS and Drivers Encryption MAC-Layer 2 Cat-NB1 and Cat-M1 PHY Libraries Libraries Encryption Libraries PHY Layer PHY Libraries MACs & Protocol Stacks From CEVA & Partners RTOS and Drivers HW components CEVA-X1 CEVA-X1 Cat-M1 and Cat-NB1 inst
Slide 9: Smart Watch Multi-mode Use Case
Smart Watch Multi-mode Use Case Wearalone Smartwatch Multi-mode Use Case Samsung Gear S3 True concurrent multi-mode is required for Your Smartphone is no longer necessary! Communication: LTE Cat-M1, Wi-Fi, BLE Only one will run at a given time WiFi 802.11n Bluetooth 4.1 IoT: GNSS, Sensors, Voice cod
Slide 10: CEVA-X1 Putting it all together
CEVA-X1 Putting it all together ► Smart Home ► Coremark/MHz: 3.3 ► Asset Trackers ► Dynamic Branch Prediction ► Smart City, Smart Plants ► Full RTOS Support ► Ultra Fast Context Switch DSP+CPU in Multi- ► Smart Farming ► Wearables, eHealth a single Core purpose processor Cellular IoT Multi-mode ► Wi