MT6589 TD-HSPA Smartphone Application Processor Datasheet

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MT6589 is a highly integrated baseband platform incorporating both modem and application
processing subsystems to enable 3G smart phone applications. The chip integrates a Quad-core
ARM® Cortex-A7 MPCoreTM operating up to 1.2GHz, an ARM926 MCU and a powerful
multi-standard video accelerator. The MT6589 interfaces to NAND flash memory, 32-bit LPDDR2 for
optimal performance and also supports booting from SLC NAND or eMMC to minimize the overall
BOM cost. In addition, an extensive set of interfaces and connectivity peripherals are included to
interface to cameras, touch-screen displays, MMC/SD cards and external Bluetooth, WiLAN and GPS
modules.
The application processor, a Quad-core ARM® Cortex-A7 MPCoreTM which includes a NEON
multimedia processing engine, offers processing power necessary to support the latest OpenOS along
with its demanding applications such as web browsing, email, GPS navigation and games. All are
viewed on a high resolution touch screen display with graphics enhanced by the 2D and 3D graphics
acceleration. The multi-standard video accelerator and an advanced audio subsystem are also
included to provide advanced multimedia applications and services such as streaming audio and video,
a multitude of decoders and encoders such as H.264 and MPEG-4. Audio supports include FR, HR,
EFR, AMR FR, AMR HR and Wide-Band AMR vocoders, polyphonic ringtones and advanced audio
functions such as echo cancellation, hands-free speakerphone operation and noise cancellation.
An ARM926, DSP, and 2G and 3G coprocessors provide a powerful modem subsystem capable of
supporting TD-HSDPA 2.8Mbps downlink (Cat.14) and TD-HSUPA 2.2Mbps uplink (Cat.6) data rates,
as well as Class 12 GPRS and EDGE.