Central processor unit (CPU) core
Tensilica

Tensilica's Diamond Standard Series processor family of synthesizable cores range from the industry's smallest 32-bit, ultra-low power, cache-less RISC controller to the industry's highest performance licensable DSP and most popular audio processor and an exciting video processor family. The Diamond Standard family covers the broadest range of performance of any embedded computing architecture and have been proven in our customers designs.

Features
- 32-bit RISC-style architecture with 5-stage pipeline
- Family spans an extremely wide performance range
- Modern, highly-efficient 32-bit RISC/DSP 5-stage architecture
- 16/24-bit Instruction encoding yields 25-50% smaller code than 31/16-bit ISAs
- 64-bit VLIW encoding on Diamond 570T
- Compiler optimizes instruction length for high code density, modelessly switching between instruction types
- Used across wide range of applications, from networking to consumer products
- Fine and coarse-grained clock gating for ultra-low power