# TMS320VC33 Digital Signal Processor

## Overview
A 32-bit floating-point DSP manufactured in 0.18-μm CMOS technology, part of the TMS320C3x generation from Texas Instruments. Designed for high-performance digital signal processing.

## Key Features
️· Performance: Up to 150 MFLOPS (million floating-point operations per second). TMS320VC33-150 achieves 150MFLOPS, while TMS320VC33-120 achieves 120 MFLOPS. 75 MIPS (million instructions per second).
️· Memory: 34K x 32-bit (1.1 Mbit) On-chip SRAM, configured as 2 x 16K + 2 x 1K blocks for improved internal performance.
️· Clocking: x5 Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) clock generator.
️· Power: Very Low Power: < 200 mW @ 150 MFLOPS.
️· CPU: 32-bit high-performance CPU with 16-/32-bit integer and 32-/40-bit floating-point operations.
️· Peripherals:
- Four internally decoded page strobes for simplified I/O/memory interface.
- Boot-program loader.
- EDGEMODE selectable external interrupts.
- Two address generators with eight auxiliary registers and two ARAUs.
- Direct Memory Access (DMA) coprocessor.
- Two timers.
- Serial port.
️· Other: 32-bit instruction word, 24-bit addresses, eight extended-precision registers, two low-power modes, block-repeat capability, zero-overhead loops, conditional calls/returns, interlocked instructions for multiprocessing.

## Technical Specifications

️· Package: 144-Pin Low-Profile Quad Flatpack (PGE Suffix).
️· Supply Voltages: 1.8V (core), 3.3V (I/O).
️· Interfaces: Parallel primary bus interface, Serial Port 0.

## Functional Blocks

️· CPU with register file, ALU, multiplier
️· On-chip SRAM
️· DMA Controller
️· Address Generators
️· Peripheral Interfaces (Serial Port, Timers)
️· PLL Clock Generator
️· Scan-based emulation logic (JTAG)