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Driving the Digital Lifestyle
Quatro 4100
Programmable SOC Solution
for Printing Appliances
Imaging
Software
Processors
Quatro SOCs
Solutions
Zoran Corporation
1390 Kifer Road
Sunnyvale, CA 94086-5305
www.zoran.com
Product Brief
The Quatro 4100 system-on-a-chip (SOC) is the most cost-
effective platform available today on which to design and build
low-cost, feature-rich printer appliances. Original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) seeking a platform for a wide range of
products, will find the 4100 complements Zoran’s high
performance Quatro 4110 by providing a set of features and
performance optimized for entry-level print appliances.
The 4100 incorporates two proven processors, the ARM7 RISC
CPU core and Zoran’s Quatro SIMD DSP core, providing OEMs
with an easily programmable and inexpensive controller
platform. The 4100 is ideal for applications that require one or
more PC-independent functions such as color inkjet MFPs,
monochrome and color laser MFPs, and direct-connect photo
printers with USB or memory card interfaces.
Benefits
Key Features
Cost-effective solution
• 67 MHz ARM7 CPU core
• 133 MHz quad-processor SIMD DSP core
• USB 2.0 Hi-Speed device (480 Mbps)
• USB Full-Speed host for camera direct connect
• Memory card interface: CompactFlash (including Microdrive),
Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Secure Digital, xD-Picture
Card, MultiMediaCard and SmartMedia
• 3 color-copies per minute performance for an 8.5" x 11"
photograph at 600 dpi
Highly integrated system-on-a-chip with both PC and non-PC
interfaces, enabling the lowest possible cost
Rapid time-to-market
Programmable platform for rapidly deploying innovative features and
associated image processing pipelines
• 15 color-copies per minute performance for color pages with white
space at 600 dpi
• 18 monochrome-copies per minute performance for an 8.5" x 11"
photograph at 600 dpi
High performance
Specialized imaging DSP core paired with the industry-leading
ARM7 CPU
• Complete development tool suite
• Complete reference design and use of code bases developed for
the Quatro imaging SOC platform
• Extensive image processing library
• Programmable interfaces to control inkjet print heads, laser
engines and scanner assemblies
Description
Entry-Level Print Appliances
Quatro Architecture
The entry-level segments within the market for print appliances
MFPs, direct-connect photo printers, and Internet TV printers are
growing rapidly. Driving this growth are lower prices, innovative
features, and the proliferation of image-rich content from digital
cameras, scanned documents, and the Web. The 4100 SOC is
designed to address the aggressive cost requirements of these entry-
level segments. Through its full programmability, the 4100 allows
OEMs to rapidly bring products to market and with more innovative
features.
The 4100 is based on Zoran's Quatro architecture. Quatro is a
scalable, extensible architecture for constructing programmable SOC
solutions for imaging and printing devices.
At the heart of the Quatro architecture are four key elements:
• ARM 32-bit RISC CPU core
• Quatro 4-datapath SIMD DSP core
• Industry-standard internal bus
Programmable Platform
• Easy-to-use C-based programming environment
The 4100 is a highly integrated SOC solution for appliance printers
that OEMs can program to implement the features and associated
image processing required across a range of products. Because it is
programmable, the 4100 offers OEMs both significant time-to-market
advantages and differentiation over conventional ASIC solutions.
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