December 22, 2011 at 17:18Multi-core drone processor
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Over the past 10 years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have finally moved from the category of laboratory samples to the category of technologies tested in the field. A recent study by the Teal Group showed that the total estimated costs for UAVs will double over the next decade from $ 5 billion a year to 11.3 billion a year. Over the next 10 years, more than $ 94 billion is expected to be spent. In addition to military applications (the main expected area of application), UAVs are used in areas such as public safety monitoring, border control, fire fighting, and traffic monitoring. Expected commercial use of UAVs in communication systems.
Multi-core processors, such as TI's TMS320C6678, are usually well suited for use in UAVs, which have stringent requirements for the size, power consumption and heat dissipation of onboard equipment. In some cases, the maximum power consumption is limited to 200 watts. Thanks to the use of multi-core DSPs, developers can place a large array of subsystems on board, including a radar for capturing targets, an image processing system, many different sensors, broadband and encryption radio communication equipment, high-performance computer mission analysis systems, a video recording system with data compression and many others . The tasks imposed on these subsystems are constantly becoming more complicated, and this, in turn, It requires an increase in computer performance while maintaining energy consumption at a fairly low level. For example, onboard image processing systems are moving from 10 megapixel resolutions to several hundred megapixel resolutions, relying on energy-efficient fixed and floating point computers. One of these devices is our C6678, which consumes less than 10 watts when operating 8 cores at a frequency of 1 GHz each.
It seems to us that the developers in our multicore DSP C66x most of all like the ability to aggregate many functions in DSP cores with their subsequent acceleration, as well as the ability to scale solutions in wide power consumption ranges when using compatible pin 2, 4 and 8 nuclear processors.
I would like to hear your opinion about where the market is moving.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on where this market is going. How can the recent reduction in the defense budget affect the demand for this kind of equipment? Are there any other considerations regarding the development of such systems.
Multi-core processors, such as TI's TMS320C6678, are usually well suited for use in UAVs, which have stringent requirements for the size, power consumption and heat dissipation of onboard equipment. In some cases, the maximum power consumption is limited to 200 watts. Thanks to the use of multi-core DSPs, developers can place a large array of subsystems on board, including a radar for capturing targets, an image processing system, many different sensors, broadband and encryption radio communication equipment, high-performance computer mission analysis systems, a video recording system with data compression and many others . The tasks imposed on these subsystems are constantly becoming more complicated, and this, in turn, It requires an increase in computer performance while maintaining energy consumption at a fairly low level. For example, onboard image processing systems are moving from 10 megapixel resolutions to several hundred megapixel resolutions, relying on energy-efficient fixed and floating point computers. One of these devices is our C6678, which consumes less than 10 watts when operating 8 cores at a frequency of 1 GHz each.
It seems to us that the developers in our multicore DSP C66x most of all like the ability to aggregate many functions in DSP cores with their subsequent acceleration, as well as the ability to scale solutions in wide power consumption ranges when using compatible pin 2, 4 and 8 nuclear processors.
I would like to hear your opinion about where the market is moving.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on where this market is going. How can the recent reduction in the defense budget affect the demand for this kind of equipment? Are there any other considerations regarding the development of such systems.
