ST FLI7680 User Manual

FLI7680

Host Processing

DDR3 DRAM

Multimedia & Display Power

Interfaces

Peripherals

Demod

A/V IO

Application
Processor

ARM
Cortex A9 SMP
Dual Core

L2 Cache

Interface 1

Interface 2

3D GFX GPU

ARM MALI 400

2D GFX Blitter

Multimedia
Video
Decoder

Video I/O

Audio I/O

1x CI+

3x USB2

Ethernet

HDMI 1.4

eMMC

Low Power
Micro

UART, I2C,
MMC, SDIO,
GPIO, ...

DVB T+C
ATSC T+C

VIF & Audio
ATV

Real-Time System
Processor
ST40

Transport
Processor

Security
Processor

H.264
Video
Encoder

Audio
PostPro

Audio
Codec

Faroudja
Video
Processing

Newman Ultra — Smart TV SoC worldwide H.264 decoder +

Faroudja video/audio processing

Data brief

Features

■ Dual ARM® Cortex™ A9 SMP @ 1.2 GHz -->

Ultimate applications and connected TV
experience

■ 1 Mbyte L2 cache --> Best-in-class Smart TV

applications performance

■ High-performance ARM MALI-400 4PP 3D

GPU (OpenGL ES 2.0/OpenVG 1.1) -->
Innovative user-interface, Flash applications,
and unprecedented gaming capabilities

■ Latest generation “Delta” video decoder with

dedicated ST231 DSP and support for all
possible video codec and standards

■ Dual ST231 @ 600 MHz for audio decode and

post-processing

■ Field-proven embedded EU/US demodulators,

with support for DVB-T/C and ATSC/QAM

■ Worldwide analog audio/video demodulator

(VIF + SIF demod)

■ Extensive digital connectivity

– HDMI 1.4a/DP 1.2 combo receiver
– Second HDMI 1.4a receiver
– Triple USB, eSATA, and PCIe
–Ethernet MAC

■ Picture-in-Picture with dual HD decode

capabilities --> Flexible viewing

■ Extensive legacy analog A/V inputs/output -->

End-user convenience for easy to connect
equipment

■ Advanced security with trusted CPU and DRM

support including HDCP, AES/3DES, CI/CI+
and all major CA vendors

■ Faroudja® video processing --> Main video

bringing vivid picture quality for the consumer

■ 14/16-bit Advanced Color Management (3D)

and Contrast processing --> Ultimate video
quality for OEMs and consumers

■ Award-winning DCDi® and MADi technologies

--> Crystal-clear rendering on 1080p displays

■ 60 Hz 3D line-interleaved embedded, with

support for all major 3DTV formats

■ 64-bit DDR3 1866 Mbps DRAM interface -->

Performance and flexibility with DRAM ICs

■ Dual high-speed 10-bit LVDS output -->

Convenient connectivity to panel TCON

■ User Kernel API (SDK) accelerates time to

market

Applications

■ Connected, high-performance Smart TVs with

support for FHD 120 to 240 Hz 3DTVs through
external FRC IC

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Description FLI7680

1 Description

Newman Ultra is the first member of the Newman family of TV SoCs, part of ST's industry­leading broadcast plus connected-services platforms. The FLI7680 (code-named Newman
Ultra) delivers unrivalled performance and represents a giant leap forward in the state-of­the-art in SoCs for Smart TVs. Newman Ultra is a high-performance, flexible, highly
integrated and secured Smart TV SoC.

At the heart of this new device, the combination of an ARM® Dual-Cortex™-A9 SMP
application processor with 1 MB cache and an ARM® Mali™ 4PP graphics processor, as
well as dedicated audio and video decoders, crypto processor and flexible composition
engine, deliver uncompromising system performance. With this, Newman Ultra is naturally
suited to support the new era of value-added services and ecosystems, such as Google
TV™.

Furthermore, its optimized Smart TV architecture allows for smoothly combining multiple
video sources and applications in the same screen view, making it the ultimate
entertainment platform, where traditional broadcast, video on demand, games, and social
networks can coexist, powered by innovative and intuitive user interfaces.

Newman Ultra also continues to innovate audio/video processing under the Faroudja brand
to deliver an unmatched front-of-screen experience. Key technology improvements in this
area include 14-bit color and contrast processing, upgraded sharpness, upgraded temporal
noise reduction, and new MPEG noise reduction. It also supports all connectivity
requirements to latest 3D sources and all 3D formats defined in the HDMI 1.4a specification.

Along with an embedded field proven EU/US demodulator allowing cost-effective and easy
deployment, it integrates a new dedicated security processor capable of supporting the
world's expanding range of security providers' schemes to ensure the ultimate protection for
premium content and personal data.

ST's strong and extensive relationships with popular Internet TV and social service
providers give TV OEMs a fast ramp-up to deliver compelling value-add content to the living
room, and ST's long term partnership with leading CA vendors makes it the perfect SoC for
secured content delivery to the end-user.

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