Introducing SPC

Introducing SPC -- the Silicon Engineering Panel Controller. SPC is a generic Flat-Panel Display controller macrocell designed to be utilized as a core for a small low-cost display system. Applications from toys and games to complex Personal Digital Assistants can take advantage of the SPC customizable architecture when integrated with SEMic, SEIÕs 8-bit microcontroller macrocell. Many home appliances and portable electronic equipment are well suited to the performance specifications and cost reducing attributes provided in SPCÕs integrated system approach.

SPC-1:

SPC-1 is the first of a series of peripheral cores designed for use either independently or as a peripheral to SEMic. SPC-2 supports higher- resolution displays and larger display memories.

SPC-1 is a very low-cost flat-panel display controller, supporting minimal systems requiring small displays, such as PDA-type displays, around 320 x 256 pixels, with up to 16 level grayscale. When integrated with SEMic, and entire system including CPU and Display Controller would consist of a single chip containing SEMic and SPC-1 in a 68-pin PQFP, plus a single SRAM and a crystal oscillator circuit. Both external or internal memory systems are supported. Up to 64-Kbytes of SRAM are supported -- monochrome 320 x 200 pixel displays only need 8-Kbytes.

SPC-2:

SPC-2 is a fuller featured display controller, supporting panel sizes up to 640 x 480 pixels, with additional support for CRT. SPC-2 supports up to 256-Kbytes of SRAM, allowing ROM shadowing for higher performance of SEMic. The SPC family cores are intended for low-power and hand-held systems, and incorporate power-management and sleep-mode. SPC can be configured as a SEMic peripheral, as a stand-alone component on a standard bus, such as ISA or 68K-style bus, or as a core to be integrated with other subsystems or modules. SEI provides design services to customize SPC to your particular requirements.


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