Toshiba Network Card High Performance Microprocessor User Manual

Toshiba Develops High Performance Microprocessor  
Core  
-‘MeP-h1’is the World’s First 1GHz Configurable Processor-  
Toshiba Corporation has announced that it has developed a new  
high-end processor core, MeP-h1, the first configurable  
microprocessor to achieve a 1GHz clock speed. The MeP-h1 is  
based on Toshiba’s “Media embedded Processor” (MeP)  
architecture for digital consumer and other high performance  
SoCs. It gives designers the flexibility to customize processors at  
the design stage, including the ability to change processor  
configurations and add custom instructions to satisfy application  
requirements.  
The performance of the new core was boosted by increasing the  
number of instruction execution pipeline stages to nine, from five in  
Toshiba’s previous processor core. The new core is also optimized  
for design of high-performance customized processors by  
integration of a reorder buffer circuit that manages and shortens  
waiting cycles for user extension instructions.  
The present  
implementation of the core was manufactured with 65nanometer  
(nm) process technology, and that too contributed to achieving the  
1GHz clock speed. The new configurable processor core is  
designed with register transfer level description (RTL) and can be  
manufactured with other process technology, including 90nm  
technology.  
Development background:  
The market for digital equipment supporting images, audio and  
communications is growing fast. However, the required  
performance and type of data processing in system LSI differs by  
application, and the overall volume of handled data is rapidly  
increasing. As a result, there is growing demand for customizable  
 
About Toshiba  
Toshiba Corporation is a leader in information and communications systems,  
electronic components, consumer products and power systems. The  
company’s integration of these wide-ranging capabilities assures its position  
as an innovator in advanced components, products and systems. Toshiba has  
more than 161,000 employees worldwide and annual sales of over US$53  
billion (FY2003).  
Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) is the European Headquarters for the  
electronic components business of Toshiba Corporation, which is the world's  
seven largest semiconductor vendor according to estimates by Dataquest.  
Providing design, manufacturing, marketing and sales, TEE was formed in  
1973 in Neuss, Germany. The company now has headquarters in Düsseldorf,  
Germany and subsidiaries in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the  
United Kingdom. Company president is Mr Shikama and the total number of  
personnel in Europe is around 400.  
Toshiba Electronics Europe offers one of the industry's broadest IC and  
discrete product lines including high-end memory, microcontrollers, ASICs,  
ASSPs and display products for automotive, multimedia, consumer, telecoms  
and networking applications. The company also has a wide range of power  
semiconductor solutions.  
For more company information visit Toshiba's web site at  
Contact details for publication:  
Toshiba Electronics Europe, Hansaallee 181, D-40549 Düsseldorf, Germany  
Tel: +49 (0) 211 5296 0  
Fax: +49 (0) 211 5296 79254  
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Contact details for editorial enquiries:  
Angela Fehrenbach, Toshiba Electronics Europe  
Tel: +49 (0) 211 5296 254  
Mobile: +44 (0) 7712 791092  
E-mail: [email protected].  
Issued by:  
Simon Flatt/Andrew Town, Pinnacle Marketing Communications Ltd,  
Prosperity House, Dawlish Drive, Pinner, Middlesex, HA5 5LN, UK  
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8869 9229/9345 Fax: +44 (0) 20 8868 4373.  
August 2005  
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