ST leverages latest 64-bit ARM cores to support future SoCs

STMicroelectronics has released details of its innovative STi8K architecture addressing future Systems-on-Chips (SoCs) for the Digital Home. Based on the latest ARMv8-A cores, STi8K SoCs will further enhance the available Cannes/STiH3 (FHD/UHD HEVC Client-Box), Monaco/STiH4 (FHD/UHD HEVC Server/Gateways), and Alicante/STiD12 (DOCSIS) product families, providing, in combination with them, a smooth and future-proof industry transition from 32-bit to 64-bit computing.

Gian Luca Bertino, Executive Vice President and General Manager Digital Convergence Group, STMicroelectronics stated, “The consumer industry has initiated the transition from 32- to 64-bit computing in the mobile market. New upcoming, highly demanding technologies, such as DOCSIS 3.1 or full-featured 10-bit High-Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) in Ultra High Definition at 60 frames per second, will drive this same transition in the Digital Home market. We have already built a solid, fast time-to-market and future-proof foundation with our Cannes, Monaco, and Alicante families; our new STi8K architecture is the next evolutionary step for our winning product families and brings 64-bit computing to the digital home.”

“Our recently launched Cannes, Monaco, and Alicante product families are enjoying strong momentum and have positioned ST as a leader in Ultra HD and HEVC technologies. By adopting these families our customers are securing time-to-market advantages in their introduction of tomorrow’s digital home.” added Bertino.

Optimized for ST’s 28nm Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator (FD-SOI) and smaller-geometry manufacturing processes, the STi8K architecture leverages the increased data throughput, the extended memory addressing, and the reduced power consumption of the latest ARM Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57 64-bit processor technology.

 

In Las Vegas during the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), ST will host SoCs for the Digital.