Control
xcore® delivers in hardware, many of the elements that you’d expect to see in a real-time operating system (RTOS). Separate logical cores for real-time tasks make it more predictable, more scalable and faster to respond than conventional RTOS based sequential processor systems.
PERIPHERALS
THEATRE / AUDIO
AUTOMATION
CONTROL
Key features
Event Driven
Event Driven- 10ns per single cycle response to events
- Parallel HARTs guarantee task completion
- All HARTs can run I/O, DSP, application code or AI workloads Independently & concurrently
- No scheduling jitter
Timing Precision
- Dedicated HART & resources for each activity
- Predictable timing
- Nano second response times enables interfaces to be designed and defined in software
- Easy verification for timing & performance
Low Latency
- No context switching latency
- Entire memory matches the operating frequency of the processing pipeline
- Guaranteed precise timing
- 24 Gbps bandwidth from everything to everything
- Dedicated memory allocated to each HART/Process (No memory contention)
- Every HART has a reserved Single Cycle Memory Access
- Up to 128 GPIO
Technical
| Part Number | Package | IO voltage | IO | External Interfaces | Datasheet | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XU316-1024-QF60A | 60pin QFN (7x7mm) | 1v8 | 34 | USB | DATASHEET | |
| XU316-1024-QF60B | 60pin QFN (7x7mm) | 3v3 | 34 | USB | DATASHEET | |
| XU316-1024-FB265 | 265pin FBGA (14x14mm) | 1V8 / 3V3 | 128 | USB, Single or Dual lane MIPI D-PHY receiver, LPDDR1 | DATASHEET | |
| XU316-1024-TQ128 | 128pin TQFP (14x14mm) | 1V8 / 3V3 | 78 | USB, Single or Dual lane MIPI D-PHY receiver | DATASHEET |
Start your development with the
XCORE.AI
EVALUATION KIT
The xcore.ai evaluation kit allows testing in multiple application scenarios and provides a good general software development board for simple tests and demos.
Our kit includes
- the xcore.ai crossover processor
- 4 general purpose LEDs
- 2 general purpose push-button switches
- a PDM microphone connector
- audio codec with line-in and line-out jack
- QSPI flash memory
- LPDDR1 external memory
- 58 GPIO connections from tile 0 and 1
- micro USB for power and host connection
- MIPI connector for a MIPI camera
- xSYS2 connector for debug adapter
- a reset switch with LED to indicate running.
Developer Resources
| Title | Version | Date | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| The XMOS XS3 Architecture | 2025-03-06 | html | |
| Tools 15 - Documentation | 2024-11-06 | tgz | |
| XU316-1024 xcore.ai Datasheet | 2.0.0 | 2025-01-13 | html |
| XU316-1024-FB265 Datasheet | 2.0.0 | 2025-01-13 | html |
| XU316-1024-QF60A Datasheet | 2.0.0 | 2025-01-13 | html |
| XU316-1024-QF60B Datasheet | 2.0.0 | 2025-01-13 | html |
| XU316-1024-TQ128 Datasheet | 2.0.0 | 2025-01-13 | html |
| xcore.ai FB265 package port map | 1.0 | 2025-03-11 | xls |
| xcore.ai I/O Timings | 2024-10-21 | html | |
| xcore.ai Package port map | 2024-04-03 | xls | |
| xcore.ai Product brief | 7.0 | 2025-06-26 | |
| xcore.ai QF60A/B package port map | 1.0 | 2025-03-11 | xls |
| xcore.ai TQ128 package port map | 1.0 | 2025-03-11 | xls |
| Title | Version | Date | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| XU316-1024-FB265 BSDL File | 1.0 | 2025-02-04 | bsd |
| XU316-1024-QF60 BSDL File | 1.0 | 2025-02-04 | bsd |
| XU316-1024-TQ128 BSDL File | 2025-02-10 | bsd | |
| xcore.ai Evaluation Kit Altium and Manufacturing files | 2.0 | 2022-07-19 | zip |
| xcore.ai Evaluation Kit Schematics | 2.0 | 2022-07-26 | |
| xcore.ai Evaluation Kit v2.0 hardware manual | 2V0 | 2024-02-12 |