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Alchemy Au1500-333MBI
General Info
DesignerAlchemy
ManufacturerTSMC
Model NumberAu1500-333MBI
Part NumberAu1500-333MBI
MarketEmbedded
IntroductionJune 11, 2001 (announced)
December 2001 (launched)
Release Price$39 (tray)
General Specs
FamilyAlchemy
Frequency333 MHz
Microarchitecture
ISAMIPS32
MicroarchitectureAu1
Core SteppingAB, AC, AD
Process180 nm
TechnologyCMOS
Word Size32 bit
Cores1
Max Memory192 MiB
Multiprocessing
Max SMP1-Way (Uniprocessor)
Electrical
Vcore1.5 V ± 5%
VI/O3.3 V
TDP (Typical)400 mW
Tcase-40 °C – 100 °C
Tstorage-40 °C – 125 °C

Au1500-333MBI was a 32-bit ultra low power embedded microprocessor with an Au1 CPU core implementing the MIPS32 ISA. Designed by Alchemy Semiconductor and fabricated on a TSMC 180 nm LV process, this SoC operates at a base frequency of up to 333 MHz with a typical TDP of 400 mW. It has an industrial temperature range of -40 to 100 °C unlike its commercial counterpart Au1500-333MBC and was also available as a Pb-free version Au1500-333MBF.

Cache[edit]

Main article: Au1 § Cache

[Edit/Modify Cache Info]

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Cache Organization
Cache is a hardware component containing a relatively small and extremely fast memory designed to speed up the performance of a CPU by preparing ahead of time the data it needs to read from a relatively slower medium such as main memory.

The organization and amount of cache can have a large impact on the performance, power consumption, die size, and consequently cost of the IC.

Cache is specified by its size, number of sets, associativity, block size, sub-block size, and fetch and write-back policies.

Note: All units are in kibibytes and mebibytes.
L1$32 KiB
32,768 B
0.0313 MiB
L1I$16 KiB
16,384 B
0.0156 MiB
1 × 16 KiB4-way set associative 
L1D$16 KiB
16,384 B
0.0156 MiB
1 × 16 KiB4-way set associativewrite-back

Memory controller[edit]

Au1500 processors integrate two independent memory controllers, a DRAM controller which supports SDRAM, SMROM, and SyncFlash, and a static bus controller which supports SRAM, ROM, Flash memory, PCMCIA/CompactFlash devices, and I/O peripherals such as an external LCD controller. SDRAM runs at one half of the frequency of the internal 32-bit System Bus, which runs at up to one half of the CPU core frequency.

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Integrated Memory Controller
Max TypeSDR-133
Supports ECCNo
Max Mem192 MiB
Controllers1
Channels1
Width32 bit
Max Bandwidth0.333 GB/s
0.31 GiB/s
317.574 MiB/s
333 MB/s
3.028617e-4 TiB/s
3.33e-4 TB/s

Expansions[edit]

  • PCI 2.2 controller, 32-bit bus, 33 or 66 MHz
  • USB 1.1 (OHCI) host controller, USB 1.1 device controller
    • Two USB host ports and one device port
  • Two 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet MAC controllers
  • Low speed interfaces AC97, 2 × UART, and up to 39 GPIOs

Graphics[edit]

This processor has no integrated graphics processing unit.

Features[edit]

  • 8-channel DMA engine
  • RTC and TOY timer
  • Two interrupt controllers
  • Power management unit
  • MIPS EJTAG interface
  • Idle Mode, Sleep Mode

Package[edit]

  • 424-pin low profile, fine pitch plastic ball grid array (LF-PBGA) package
  • 23 × 23 grid, 0.8 mm pitch, solder ball ⌀ 0.4 mm, 63Sn/37Pb
  • 19 mm × 19 mm × 1.45 mm

Bibliography[edit]

Facts about "Alchemy Au1500-333MBI"
base frequency333 MHz (0.333 GHz, 333,000 kHz) +
core count1 +
core steppingAB +, AC + and AD +
core voltage1.5 V (15 dV, 150 cV, 1,500 mV) +
core voltage tolerance5% +
designerAlchemy +
familyAlchemy +
first announcedJune 11, 2001 +
first launchedDecember 2001 +
full page namealchemy/au1500-333mbi +
has ecc memory supportfalse +
has featureindustrial temperature range +
instance ofmicroprocessor +
io voltage3.3 V (33 dV, 330 cV, 3,300 mV) +
isaMIPS32 +
l1$ size32 KiB (32,768 B, 0.0313 MiB) +
l1d$ description4-way set associative +
l1d$ size16 KiB (16,384 B, 0.0156 MiB) +
l1i$ description4-way set associative +
l1i$ size16 KiB (16,384 B, 0.0156 MiB) +
ldateDecember 2001 +
manufacturerTSMC +
market segmentEmbedded +
max case temperature373.15 K (100 °C, 212 °F, 671.67 °R) +
max cpu count1 +
max memory192 MiB (196,608 KiB, 201,326,592 B, 0.188 GiB, 1.831055e-4 TiB) +
max memory bandwidth0.31 GiB/s (317.574 MiB/s, 0.333 GB/s, 333 MB/s, 3.028617e-4 TiB/s, 3.33e-4 TB/s) +
max memory channels1 +
max storage temperature398.15 K (125 °C, 257 °F, 716.67 °R) +
microarchitectureAu1 +
min case temperature233.15 K (-40 °C, -40 °F, 419.67 °R) +
min storage temperature233.15 K (-40 °C, -40 °F, 419.67 °R) +
model numberAu1500-333MBI +
nameAlchemy Au1500-333MBI +
part numberAu1500-333MBI +
process180 nm (0.18 μm, 1.8e-4 mm) +
release price$ 39.00 (€ 35.10, £ 31.59, ¥ 4,029.87) +
release price (tray)$ 39.00 (€ 35.10, £ 31.59, ¥ 4,029.87) +
smp max ways1 +
supported memory typeSDR-133 +
tdp (typical)0.4 W (400 mW, 5.364e-4 hp, 4.0e-4 kW) +
technologyCMOS +
word size32 bit (4 octets, 8 nibbles) +