MontaVista Software announced support for AMD's Driver Information Reference Design Kit (RDK) based on the AMD Alchemy Au1500 system-on-chip processor. The kit targets automotive telematics, infotainment, and navigation systems applications.

The AMD “Alchemy Solutions Driver Information RDK” includes a compact (6 x 4 x 1.25 in.) reference board that includes SDRAM and Flash memory along with support for two 10/100 Ethernet ports, dual serial, USB, control area network (CAN), and media-oriented system transport (MOST) buses for automotive networks, AC-97 Codec including stereo audio in and out, 2D and 3D graphics, analog and digital video playback, a CompactFlash slot, and expansion connectors for a complete car audio sub-system.

According to AMD, the Alchemy Au1500 processor, on which the reference design is based, is a MIPS32 technology-based system-on-chip processor that is available at speeds up to 500MHz with power dissipations as low as 400 mW (at 333 MHz). On-chip functions include a PCI bus controller, GPIO, two 10/100 Ethernet controllers, USB Device and Host controllers, two UARTS, an AC-97 controller, and a PCMCIA controller.

MontaVista's support for the AMD Driver Information RDK will be available in the third quarter of this year.

Further details on the AMD kit are here. Further details on MontaVista's embedded Linux are here.

 
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