Ingenic Semiconductor

Ingenic Semiconductor is a Chinese fabless semiconductor company based in Beijing, China founded in 2005. They purchased licenses for the MIPS architecture instruction sets in 2009 and design CPU-microarchitectures based on them. They also design system on a chip products including their CPUs and licensed semiconductor intellectual property blocks from third parties, such as Vivante Corporation, commission the fabrication of integrated circuits at semiconductor fabrication plants and sell them.

XBurst microarchitecture

Early XBurst CPU microarchitectures were based upon the MIPS32 revision 1 and newer models are based on the MIPS32 revision 2 instruction set. It implements an 8-stage pipeline XBurst CPU technology consists of 2 parts: A RISC/SIMD/DSP hybrid instruction set architecture which enables the processor to have the capability of computation, signal processing and video processing. This includes the Media Extension Unit (MXU), a 32-bit SIMD extension. All JZ47xx series CPUs with Xburst uA support MXU, except for the JZ4730. MXU has its own register set, distinct from the general purpose MIPS registers. It consists of sixteen 32-bit data registers and a 32-bit control register. CPUs which support MXU are used in MIPS Creator single-board computers. They are also present in various tablets, handheld game devices, and embedded devices.

XBurst2 microarchitecture XBurst2 development was, in summer 2013, expected to be completed by the first half of 2014. However, XBurst2 was eventually introduced in 2020 in the X2000, with the microarchitecture offering a dual-issue/dual-threaded CPU design based on MIPS32 Release 5.

XBurst-based SoCs

SoCs incorporating the XBurst microarchitecture:

Model Launch Fab (nm) XBurst version MIPS architecture version Core clock (MHz) L1 Dcache[kB] L1 Icache[kB] L2 cache[kB] FPU GPU VPU Datasheet Package Notes Jz4730 2006 180 XBurst1 MIPS32 rev1 336 16 16 N/A N/A N/A N/A Jz4730 BGA256 Jz4740 2007 180 XBurst1 MIPS32 rev1 + SIMD 360 Jz4740 BGA193 adds RMVB, MPEG-1/2/4 decoding capability up to D-1 resolution thanks to SIMD instruction set Jz4720 2007 180 XBurst1 240 Jz4720 COB186 Jz4725B 2009 160 XBurst1 360 Jz4725 QFP128 Jz4750 2009 180 XBurst1 MIPS32 rev1 + SIMD2 360 480p Jz4750 BGA256 adds TV encoder Jz4755 2009 160 XBurst1 400 576P Jz4755 QFP176 second core is for video processing onlyJz4760 2010 130 XBurst1 528 yes Vivante GC200 720p JZ4760 BGA345 second core is for video processing only, IEEE754-complient FPU 600 JZ4760B Jz4770 2011 65 XBurst1 MIPS32 rev2 + SIMD2 1000 256 yes Vivante GC860 1080p JZ4770 BGA379 1080p video decoding unit for h.264, VC-1 and VP8 (a secondary 500 MHz MIPS processor with SIMD extension) Jz4775Suspected to be called as JZ4774 sometime 65 XBurst1 MIPS32 rev2 + SIMD2 1000 32 32 256 yes X2D Core 720p JZ4775 BGA314 720p video decoding unit for h.264, VC-1 and VP8 (a secondary 500 MHz MIPS processor with SIMD extension) Jz4780 2012 40 XBurst1 Dual MIPS32 rev2 + SIMD2 1200JZ4780 Mobile Application Processor Data Sheet 32 each 32 each 512 yes PowerVR SGX 540 1080p JZ4780 BGA390 Dual core (SMP) XBurst CPU, 1080p video decoding unit for h.264, VC-1 and VP8 (a secondary 500 MHz MIPS processor with SIMD extension)x1000201565XBurst1MIPS32 + SIMD10001616128yesx1000BGA190LPDDR 32/64MB, SLCD interface, Camera interface, Audio Codec up to 192 kHzx2000202028XBurst2Dual MIPS32 + SIMD150032 each32 each512yes1080px2000BGA270LPDDR2/3 128/256MB

Adoption XBurst1-based SoCs are commonly used in tablet computers, portable media players, digital photo frames and GPS devices:

The JZ4730 CPU is used in the Skytone Alpha-400 and its variants. 080707 pcmag.com The Jz4720 is utilized in the Copyleft Hardware project Ben NanoNote.Ben NanoNote Hardware Components Another popular device, the Dingoo gaming handheld, uses the JZ4732, a de facto JZ4740. Game Gadget is using the JZ4750. Velocity Micro T103 Cruz and T301 Cruz 7-Inch Android 2.0 Tablets used JZ4760. The JZ4770 SoC is used in several of the Ainol Novo 7 Android tablets and 3Q Tablet PC Qoo! IC0707A/4A40. JZ4770 SoC is also used in the dedicated handheld Neo Geo X and open source handheld GCW Zero running on OpenDingux.http://www.mips.com/news-events/newsroom/newsindex/index.dot?id=71045 Lowest-Cost Android 4.1 Tablet in 2012 is based in MIPS The JZ4780 is used in ImgTec's MIPS based single-board computer (SBC); The Creator CI20

Manufacturer Model(s) Type CPU Operating System Qi Hardware Ben NanoNote Handheld Computer Ingenic JZ4720 OpenWRT (custom) Skytone Skytone Alpha-400 Netbook Ingenic JZ4730 Linux Dingoo Digital Dingoo Handheld Game Console Ingenic JZ4732 OpenDingux Blaze Europe Game Gadget Handheld Game Console Ingenic JZ4750 unknown Velocity Micro Cruz T103, T301 Tablet Ingenic JZ4760 Android 2.0 GCW GCW Zero Handheld Game Console Ingenic JZ4770 OpenDingux unknown Neo Geo X Handheld Game Console Ingenic JZ4770 unknown ImgTec Creator CI20 Single-board computer Ingenic JZ4780 Linux

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