PHILIPS SAA9730 INTEGRATED MULTIMEDIA & PERIPHERAL CONTROLLER SAA9730 from Philips Semiconductors is a highly integrated ASIC targeted for Windows-Based Terminals (Thin client) and Internet Access Terminal markets. In a SAA9730 Windows Based Terminal system, the applications run on a host server. There is no hard disk associated with each of these client systems, and all the clients use the server hard disk. The windows based terminal connects to the server through a 10/100 Ethernet LAN, integrated into SAA9730. The three-IC solution for a WBT (Windows Based Terminal) includes a CPU, a CPU interface and SAA9730. The CPU processes the network commands and instructs the SAA9730 to do the processing. It can drive either a CRT display or the television monitor. As an Internet Access Terminal, the SAA9730 receives analog or digital video data from the video port, processes it and displays the output on CRT and/or television monitor. SAA9730 based Internet Access Terminal will also allow the user to access the World Wide Web, thus enabling them to access huge data bases, email, games, etc. The SAA9730 based high-level system block diagram is shown below: SAA9730 software support WinCE 2.1 (Birch EP) Full Device Driver Suite Adaption kit for MS Windows based terminals (WBT) Adaption kit for Internet Terminal Sample Diagnostic modules Platform Builder SDK ActiveX control for video controls OAL (OEM Adaption Layer) SAA9730 supported reference design Includes a SAA9730 motherboard and a Video source personality card SAA9730 motherboard includes: MIPS processor CPU SAA9730 Video and I/O North Bridge interface between PCI, memory and CPU NORTH BRIDGE Main Memory SAA9730 availability PCI CRT SAA9730 Frame Buffer TV PERIPHERALS Single Digital Receiver interface 10/100 ETHERNET Silicon samples Now Limited volume Q1 '99 High volume Q2 '99 Reference Board & Software Now PCI X-Bus BIU XDP 27MHz DMA control PCI Register Bus RDC MII/PHY 10/100 Fast Ethernet LUT keyboard 2D Keyboard mouse IF USB ports USB IrDA or 2nd serial printer VGA ICP Register Bus VICP PCI to PI UART/IrDA serial port 3D PI bus mouse DAC/PLLs VIP MTC CCIR656 (D1) VEP NTSC PAL P1284 parallel port SDRAM/EDO/SGRAM SAA9730 features P1284 parallel port 32-bit, 33 MHz PCI 2.1 interface 2 USB host ports 64-bit, 100 MHz SGRAM 16550-compatible UART 64-bit, 66 MHz EDO memory interface PS2 style keyboard and mouse interface Accelerated 2D graphics IR interface (115Kbs) 3D rendering engine (setup on CPU) I2C interface Digital Video input DDC interface High resolution: up to 1600 x 1200 Xbus (expansion bus) supports: Display resolution: 8, 16, 24, 32 bits/pixel BIOS ROM Simultaneous CRT & TV (NTSC/PAL) displays Audio and/or Modem Codec Integrated 220 MHz RAM DAC and Digital Encoder 24-bit RGB capable of driving an external flat panel transmitter 10/100 Ethernet MAC Copyright Philips Electronics North America Corporation 1998 All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. MPEG/AC-3 decoder Date of release: 12-98 Document order number: 9397 750 04962