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Imagination Catapult RISC-V processors

12.12.2021

Imagination Technologies introduced the Imagination Catapult family of processors built on the open instruction set architecture (ISA) RISC-V. According to the manufacturer, these CPUs are designed from the ground up for the needs of next-generation heterogeneous computing solutions.

Imagination Catapult processors can be configured for high performance, high efficiency, or a balanced profile, making them suitable for a wide range of markets.

Catapult processors are available in four different families: dynamic microcontrollers; built-in real-time processors; high performance application processors; functionally safe automotive processors.

The first family, microcontrollers, are already shipping in high performance automotive GPUs in SoCs built by Imagination customers. Embedded real-time processors are now available. High performance application processors and automotive processors will arrive in 2022.

The processors are available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions, are multi-threaded, and have many user-configurable options to suit the needs of the application. They can be scaled up to eight asymmetric coherent cores per cluster for increased SoC versatility with the ability to add customizable accelerators.

Because Catapult processors are RISC-V ISA compliant, they are fully supported by the broad and growing ecosystem of RISC-V software and tools.

Catapult processors come with a full featured SDK that includes enhanced versions of standard build and debug tools such as GCC, LLVM and GDB, optimized C libraries and Imagination: Catapult Studio IDE. The Catapult Studio IDE is based on Visual Studio Code and enhanced with features focused on embedded development, RISC-V development, and tight integration with the wider SDK, enabling developers to take full advantage of Catapult processors. The Catapult SDK is available for Windows, Ubuntu, CentOS, and MacOS and includes both FreeRTOS and full Linux support, including Yocto-based reference loaders, kernels, and filesystems.

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