Marvell PXA310 Processor Series
CODE COMPATIBILITY AND ECOSYSTEM SUPPORT
The PXA3xx processor family is the third generation of applications processors based on the Intel XScale
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technology.
To preserve existing investments in applications software, the PXA310 processor maintains backward compatibility with
previous PXA processors, as well as processors within the PXA3xx processor family. To further reduce time-to-market
(TTM), Marvell provides tuned and validated Windows Mobile, Windows CE, and Linux board-support packages, codecs and
multimedia frameworks, and OpenGL-ES 1.1 libraries, as well as optimized compilers, debuggers, and profilers.
The vast ecosystem of software and hardware vendors continues with the Marvell PXA3xx processor family to provide
rich and differentiated platforms. Over 150 applications and codecs are optimized for the processors and more than 30
leading hardware vendors provide support with development environments and devices. Combine these offerings with the
high-quality documentation and support, and OEMs/ODMs have a path to cost-effective handsets and handheld devices to
increase ROI.
HARDWARE VIDEO AND IMAGE ACCELERATION FOR 3.5G MULTIMEDIA USE
The PXA310 processor includes hardware video and JPEG acceleration with scaling and rotation, enabling next-generation
video playback, digital TV, and camcorder capability with increased battery life.
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The video acceleration extends the multimedia performance offered by the SIMD instruction set of Intel
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Wireless MMX
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2
technology, which includes new instructions for speech and video algorithms.
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Support for H.264, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, WMV9, and RealVideo formats with up to D1 resolution at 30 frames per second (fps),
allows for viewing and sharing of rich, popular content from the Internet and from other entertainment devices.
The enhanced Quick Capture Interface provides support for raw sensors up to 5 MP and sensors with integrated JPEG
and YUV422 output, and image pre-processing functions. Hardware processing for conversion to YUV420 and for JPEG
compression/decompression keeps the core free for additional processing and helps lower power.
ENTERPRISE-CLASS SECURITY ACCELERATION
Strong and fast security processing is one of the most critical functions needed today for supporting new consumer services,
securing enterprise Intranet access and applications, and protecting a wireless service provider’s own network. The PXA310
processor integrates the Marvell
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Wireless Trusted Module (WTM), a comprehensive hardware security solution that can deeply
bury encryption keys—the root of all computing security—behind an almost inaccessible physical security boundary, while
concurrently ensuring that encrypted content does not bog a system down. Today, most software solutions store keys in highly
accessible flash and expose them while being used. This is an inherently insecure solution that consumes general-purpose
headroom, reducing battery life and often creating a sluggish user experience.
Features of the Wireless Trusted Module:
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Small off-core de-encryption/encryption engines run multiple concurrent DRM/VPN streams in parallel with other core
processing tasks, providing additional headroom and extending media playback and VPN-general-use battery life.
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A secure boot ROM with trusted boot and code verification protects against malware, and when combined with hash
verification enables extremely strong IMEI binding and SIM lock and provides for highly secure firmware over-the-air
(FOTA) updates.
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User-friendly, cost-effective two-factor authentication provides true enterprise VPN access. In addition, handheld devices
can gain access to the corporate intranet and line-of-business software just as easily and securely as notebooks.
Marvell also provides secure flash and platform software to enable the WTM for a complete platform solution.
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