Cadence® Tensilica® FloatingPoint KQ7 and KQ8 DSPs provide one of the highest computational horsepower for floating-point processing with highly optimal area and power budgets. The high-performing Tensilica FloatingPoint DSPs deliver hundreds of GFLOPs, making them suitable to offload compute intensive floating-point processing. Tensilica FloatingPoint KQ7 and KQ8 DSPs are optimized for applications such as high-performance computing (HPC), hyperscaler, AI/ML, smart sensors, sensor fusion, motor control, ADAS, autonomous driving, etc.
Performance, Power, and Area
DSPs with exceptional PPA specifically designed for floating-point-centric processing
Ultra-High Performance
Up to 1024-bit SIMD with performance-optimized FMA and other performance-enhancing features
Scalability
ISA consistent with ultra-low energy and small Tensilica FloatingPoint KP1/KP6 DSPs
Software Portability
Common floating-point ISA promotes easy software migration between DSPs
Extensible and Configurable
Customizable instruction set promotes differentiation and performance enhancement
Support
Cadence is committed to keeping design teams highly productive with a range of support offerings and processes designed to keep users focused on reducing time to market and achieving silicon success.
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