Cadence® Tensilica® ConnX BBE DSPs provide ultra-low power and a small footprint balanced with high performance for radar, lidar, and communications processing. The extensibility and configurability of ConnX BBE DSPs, combined with the built-in accelerations, are optimized for imaging radar and lidar sensing as well as baseband and wireless communications such as 4G, LTE Advanced, LTE, WCDMA, HSPA+, WiFi, etc. ConnX BBE DSPs are certified for ISO 26262:2018 ASIL-compliant and suitable for use in safety-critical applications such as autonomous driving, advanced driver assistant systems (ADAS), and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications.

ConnX BBE DSP
ISO26262:2018 Compliant
Certified for ASIL-compliant and equipped with both hardware and software safety mechanisms
Scalability
ISA consistent with high-performance ConnX B10/B20 DSPs
Software Portability
Software-compatible ConnX DSP family, making migration and DSP scalability easy
Ultra Small and Low Power
High performance with low area and power cost
Extensible and Configurable
Customizable instruction set promotes differentiation and performance enhancement
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