NeuroMatrix

For the theory of pain, see Neuromatrix.

NeuroMatrix is a digital signal processor (DSP) series developed by NTC Module. The DSP has a VLIW/SIMD architecture. It consists of a 32-bit RISC core and a 64-bit vector co-processor. The vector co-processor supports vector operations with elements of variable bit length (US Pat. 6539368 B1) and is optimized to support the implementation of artificial neural networks.[1][2] From this derives the name NeuroMatrix Core (NMC). Newer devices contain multiple DSP cores and additional ARM or PowerPC 470 cores.

Overview

Designation		DSP cores	Microprocessor cores	Production start (year)	Process (nm)	Clock rate (MHz)	Remarks
Russian	English
L1879VM1	nm6403	1× NMC	—	1999	500	40	[3][4]
1879VM2	nm6404	1× NMC2	—	2005	250	80	[3][5]
1879VM3	DSM	?	—	2002 ?	250	150	[3][4][5]
1879VM4	nm6405	1× NMC3	—	2009	?	150	[3]
1879VM5Ya	nm6406	1× NMC3	—	2013	90	320	[3][6][7]
1879VM6Ya	nm6407	2× NMC4	—	2016	65	500	[6]
1879VM8Ya	nm6408	16× NMC4	5× ARM Cortex-A5	2019	28	800	[6][8]
1879VYa1Ya		2× NMC3	1× ARM1176JZF-S	2013	90	328	[6]
K1879KhB1Ya		1× NMC3	1× ARM1176JZF-S	2011	90	324	[6][7]
1879KhK1Ya		2× NMC3	1× ARM1176JZF-S	2010	90	81.92	[9]
K1888VS018		2× NMC3	1× ARM1176JZF-S	2016	65	320	[6]
1888VS048			1× ARM Cortex-A5	2019 ?	28	600	[6][10]
1888VS058		2× NMC3	1x ARM Cortex-A5	2020 ?	?	512	[6][11]
1888TKh018		4× NMC3	2× PowerPC 470	2019	28	400	[6]
1888VM018			PowerPC 470	2020 ?	?	200	rad-hard[6][12]

Details

L1879VM1

• Russian: Л1879ВМ1
• start of development in 1996, start of production in 1999 at Samsung[13]

1879VM2

• Russian: 1879ВМ2
• manufactured at Fujitsu[14]

1879VM3

• Russian: 1879ВМ3
• manufactured at Fujitsu[14]

1879VM5Ya

Microprocessor 1879VM5Ya

Evaluation board MC51.03 for the NM6406 / 1879VM5Ya processor[15]

• Russian: 1879ВМ5Я
• manufactured at Fujitsu Japan[14]

1879VM6Ya

• Russian: 1879ВМ6Я
• manufactured at GlobalFoundries Malaysia[14]

1879VM8Ya

• Russian: 1879ВМ8Я
• system-on-a-chip (SoC) containing 4 computing clusters, each consisting of one ARM Cortex-A5 core and four NMC4 DSP cores, plus one stand-alone ARM Cortex-A5 core
• manufactured at TSMC ?[8]

1879VYa1Ya

• Russian: 1879ВЯ1Я
• system-on-a-chip (SoC) for software-defined radios, including four 12-bit analog-to-digital converters with 82MSamples/s and hardware blocks implementing a digital direct-conversion receiver

K1879KhB1Ya

• Russian: К1879ХБ1Я, also romanized as K1879XB1Ya
• manufactured at Fujitsu[16]
• system-on-a-chip (SoC) for set-top boxes where the NMC core is used as an audio processor

1879KhK1Ya

• Russian: 1879ХК1Я, also romanized as 1879XK1Ya
• system-on-a-chip (SoC) for software-defined radios, including four 12-bit analog-to-digital converters with 85MSamples/s and hardware blocks implementing a digital direct-conversion receiver

K1888VS018

• Russian: К1888ВС018
• system-on-a-chip (SoC) for software-defined radios, including four 10-bit analog-to-digital converters with 90MSamples/s, as well as CAN bus, I²C, SPI, Ethernet

1888VS048

• Russian: К1888ВС048
• system-on-a-chip (SoC) for connecting a PCI Express 2.0 host interface to 4x Gigabit Ethernet (with RFC 4175 support), ARINC 429, as well as CAN bus, I²C, SPI

1888VS058

• Russian: К1888ВС058
• system-on-a-chip (SoC) for radar systems with dedicated interfaces for high-speed analog-to-digital converters and digital-to-analog converters

1888TKh018

• Russian: 1888ТХ018
• system-on-a-chip (SoC) for aircraft onboard video and multimedia processing systems, including ARINC 818 and SpaceWire interfaces as well as hardware encoder and decoder for H.264 video

1888VM018

• Russian: 1888ВМ018
• rad-hard system-on-a-chip (SoC) including SpaceWire, Ethernet, SPI, SDIO interfaces

External links

• NTC Module products

References

1. Fomine, Dmitri (4 September 2000). "NeuroMatrix® NM6403 DSP with Vector/Matrix Engine" (PDF). Eusipco 2000 Proceedings. Tampere: The European Association for Signal Processing. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
2. "NMC - 64-bit NeuroMatrix® RISC/DSP Core". NTC Module. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
3. "DSP and Cores". NTC Module. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
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5. "ТЦ "Модуль": 15 лет среди лидеров" [NTC Module: 15 years among the leaders] (in Russian). РИЦ Техносфера. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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8. Геннадий Детинич (7 March 2019). "Российская SoC NM6408 НТЦ «Модуль» выходит в свет: 28 нм, 512 гигафлопс, 35 Вт" [Russian SoC NM6408 STC "Module" sees the light of day: 28 nm, 512 gigaflops, 35 W] (in Russian). 3DNews. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
9. "NeuroMatrix® 1879XK1 Programmable Baseband Processor SoC". NTC Module. Archived from the original on 10 June 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
10. "Multicontroller 1888BC048". Glavkosmos. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
11. "Микросхема интегральная 1888ВС058 – Руководство по эксплуатации" [Integrated circuit 1888VS058 – User's manual] (in Russian). NTC module. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
12. "Микросхема интегральная 1888ВМ018 – Руководство по эксплуатации" [Integrated circuit 1888VM018 – User's manual] (in Russian). NTC module. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
13. "RC "Module" Starts the Mass Production of NeuroMatrix® NM6403 DSP Processors" (PDF). NTC Module. 1 June 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2000. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
14. "Изделия отечественного производства" [Domestic products] (in Russian). Moscow: AO "ENPO SPELS". Retrieved 1 September 2016.
15. "Модуль МС51.03" [Module MC51.03] (in Russian). NTC module. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
16. Clarke, Peter (11 March 2011). "Russia shows home-grown chip for digital TV". EETimes Europe. Retrieved 25 January 2017.