Spansion adds high speed flash to ARM chip for 3D graphics

Spansion’s latest ARM-based microcontroller integrates the firm’s propriety fast flash memory interface.

The Traveo MCUs use an ARM Cortex-R5 processor with the HyperBus memory interface, which Spansion says will allow them to support 3D graphics in car dashboard display applications, without the need for external video RAM.

There are two versions of the MCU, the S6J324C series enables 2D graphics while the S6J326C variant supports both 2D and 3D graphics.

Both include CAN-FD and Ethernet AVB, as well as advanced graphics interfaces such as LVDS PHY and RSDS.

On-chip there is also a 16-bit audio DAC and multi-channel mixer.

According to Dr. Saied Tehrani, senior vice president of Spansion’s MCU Business: “Automotive systems are getting more complex as new features are added to improve the user experience and safety in cars. Significant amounts of processing power and new protocols are required to process information, evaluate and make decisions.”

The S6J324C series with 2D graphics will be sampling in the fourth quarter. The S6J326C with 2D and 3D graphics will be sampling in the fourth quarter.