A processor test chip with over 1.2GHz and 2.4 DMIPS/MHz of performance was achieved by Faraday in UMC 55nm process. The test chip utilizes Innopower's Ultra-High-Speed Library, Memory Compiler, and Faraday's superscalar FA726TE processor core, a synthesizable processor core based on ARM v5TE^® instruction set architecture with 13-stage pipeline.

The 55nm test chip shows how Innopower's technologies can be used to achieve high performance in mainstream processes. The FA726TE processor core is implemented using UMC 55nm SP process with Innopower's 12 track Ultra-High-Speed library and Ultra-High-Speed memory compiler. To achieve the goal of 1.2GHz performance, users no longer need to move to the most recent available process. With Innopower's fundamental IPs, it alleviates the constraint of process selections and permits the designers to build SoC with impressive performance at 1.2GHz.

Innopower's UHS-Lib, UHS-SRAM, and Faraday's FA726TE processor are available on many foundry processes.

◆ Innopower's Ultra-High-Speed Library
UHS-Lib (Ultra High Speed Library) is designed for high-speed applications, especially when embedded high-performance CPU is required. In the past years, Faraday developed full series of ARM-compliant 32-bit RISC CPU with UHS-Lib and achieved very high operating frequency. Innopower library developers also leveraged the experience of performance enhancement to create a library with many features dedicated for high-speed requirements, such as high-speed flip-flops, pin-swapped cells, and skewed-timing-path cells. more