PHILIPS SAA9730
INTEGRATED MULTIMEDIA & PERIPHERAL CONTROLLER
SAA9730 from Philips Semiconductors is a highly
integrated ASIC targeted for Windows-Based Terminals
(Thin client) and Internet Access Terminal markets. In a
SAA9730 Windows Based Terminal system, the
applications run on a host server. There is no hard disk
associated with each of these client systems, and all the
clients use the server hard disk. The windows based
terminal connects to the server through a 10/100 Ethernet
LAN, integrated into SAA9730. The three-IC solution for a
WBT (Windows Based Terminal) includes a CPU, a CPU
interface and SAA9730. The CPU processes the network
commands and instructs the SAA9730 to do the processing.
It can drive either a CRT display or the television monitor.
As an Internet Access Terminal, the SAA9730 receives
analog or digital video data from the video port, processes it
and displays the output on CRT and/or television monitor.
SAA9730 based Internet Access Terminal will also allow
the user to access the World Wide Web, thus enabling them
to access huge data bases, email, games, etc. The SAA9730
based high-level system block diagram is shown below:
CPU
NORTH
BRIDGE
SAA9730
10/100 ETHERNET
PERIPHERALS
CRT
TV
PCI
Main
Memory
Frame
Buffer
SAA9730 software support
J WinCE 2.1 (Birch EP)
J Full Device Driver Suite
J Adaption kit for MS Windows based terminals (WBT)
J Adaption kit for Internet Terminal
J Sample Diagnostic modules
J Platform Builder SDK
J ActiveX control for video controls
J OAL (OEM Adaption Layer)
SAA9730 supported reference
design
J Includes a SAA9730 motherboard and a Video source
personality card
J SAA9730 motherboard includes:
D MIPS processor
D SAA9730 Video and I/O
D North Bridge interface between PCI, memory
and CPU
D Single Digital Receiver interface
SAA9730 availability
J Silicon samples
Now
J Limited volume
Q1 '99
J High volume
Q2 '99
J Reference Board & Software
Now
Philips
Semiconductors
XDP
10/100 Fast
Ethernet
Keyboard
mouse IF
USB
UART/IrDA
P1284
parallel port
RDC
PCI
to
PI
2D
3D
VGA
ICP
LUT
VICP
DAC/PLLs
BIU
VIP
PCI
Register Bus
27MHz
Register Bus
VEP
PCI
MTC
CCIR656
(D1)
NTSC
PAL
SDRAM/EDO/SGRAM
PI bus
printer
serial port
IrDA or 2nd serial
USB ports
keyboard
mouse
MII/PHY
DMA control
X-Bus
SAA9730 features
J 32-bit, 33 MHz PCI 2.1 interface
J 64-bit, 100 MHz SGRAM
J 64-bit, 66 MHz EDO memory interface
J Accelerated 2D graphics
J 3D rendering engine (setup on CPU)
J Digital Video input
J High resolution: up to 1600
1200
J Display resolution: 8, 16, 24, 32 bits/pixel
J Simultaneous CRT & TV (NTSC/PAL) displays
J Integrated 220 MHz RAM DAC and Digital Encoder
J 10/100 Ethernet MAC
J P1284 parallel port
J 2 USB host ports
J 16550-compatible UART
J PS2 style keyboard and mouse interface
J IR interface (115Kbs)
J I
2
C interface
J DDC interface
J Xbus (expansion bus) supports:
D BIOS ROM
D Audio and/or Modem Codec
D 24-bit RGB capable of driving an external flat panel
transmitter
D MPEG/AC-3 decoder
Copyright Philips Electronics North America Corporation 1998
All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A.
Date of release: 12-98
Document order number:
9397 750 04962
Philips
Semiconductors
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