i.MX37 - Multimedia Applications Processor

Take your portable multimedia applications to the next level of power and performance with Freescale Semiconductor's i.MX37 multimedia applications processor. Based on an ARM1176JZF-S™ core, this multimedia powerhouse incorporates an L2 cache and features a multi-format hardware video decoder that is designed to reduce power consumption for multimedia applications. Proprietary power management technology also enables the i.MX37 processor to run a feature-rich operating system such as Linux® or Windows® CE while offering even lower power for less bandwidth-intensive applications such as stereo audio decoding, stretching the battery life of portable devices.

Key Features

  • ARM1176JZF-S™ core
  • Performance
    • up to 532MHz at 1.0V core voltage
    • up to 200MHz at 0.8V core voltage
  • Unified L2 cache
  • Jazelle® Java acceleration
  • Vector floating point coprocessor (VFP)
  • Multi-Format video decode hardware acceleration
  • 24-bit display support up to XGA resolution
  • Image and video resize, inversion and rotation hardware
  • Deblocking, deringing, alpha blending and color space conversion
  • PAL/NTSC component, composite or S-Video output
  • External memory interface
    • Mobile SDRAM 16/32-bit, 133 MHz
    • Mobile DDR 16/32-bit, 333/266 MHz
    • SLC, MLC NAND flash 8/16-bit
  • Advanced power management
  • High-Speed USB OTG with PHY
  • 3 x MMC/SDIO up to 8-bit at 52 MHz
  • Memory Stick / Memory Stick Pro
  • ATA-6
  • CE-ATA
  • S/PDIF TX
  • Configurable High Speed SPI x 3, SSI/I2S x 3, UART x 3
  • Fast Ethernet Controller (FEC)

Key Applications

  • portable media players
  • portable navigation devices
  • mobile internet devices 
  • web tablets 
  • digital photo frames 
  • digital video frames 
  • media adaptors and extenders  

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