Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. announced a new ARM-based RISC system-on-chip processor for networking devices and applications. The chip integrates a 150 MHz ARM926EJ-S CPU along with dual Ethernet MACs and controllers for PCI bus, distributed DMA, and SDRAM memory interface. Linux and other embedded operating systems will be supported, Toshiba said.

Designated the T6TC1XB-0001, the new Toshiba SOC targets networking and consumer convergence applications, including access points, home gateways, small office/home office routers, thin client internet-capable devices, networked peripherals, multimedia application servers and multi- channel voice-over-IP phone sets.

The T6TC1XB-0001 is the first offering based on Toshiba's “SoCMosaic” custom system-on-chips program. Besides using the chip as is, its design can also serve as a template for creating customized derivatives within a six-month turnaround time for product designs requiring 10,000 or more chips, the company said.

Samples will be available in July, with volume production slated for the third quarter of 2003. OEM pricing is expected to be around $14.

 
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