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:
CPU
NORTH
BRIDGE
SAA9730
10/100 ETHERNETPERIPHERALS
CRT
TV
PCI
Main
Memory
Frame
Buffer
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
SAA9730 Video and I/O
North Bridge interface between PCI, memory
and CPU
Single Digital Receiver interface
SAA9730 availability
Silicon samples Now
Limited volume Q1 ’99
High volume Q2 ’99
Reference Board & Software Now
XDP
10/100 Fast
Ethernet
Keyboard
mouse IF
USB
UART/IrDA
P1284
parallel port
RDC
PCI
to
PI
2D 3D VGA ICP
LUT
VICP
DAC/PLLs
BIU
VIP
PCIRegister Bus
27MHz
Register Bus
VEP
PCI
MTC
CCIR656
(D1)
NTSC
PAL
SDRAM/EDO/SGRAM
PI bus
printer
serial port
IrDA or 2nd serial
USB ports
keyboard
mouse
MII/PHY
DMA control
X-Bus
SAA9730 features
32-bit, 33 MHz PCI 2.1 interface
64-bit, 100 MHz SGRAM
64-bit, 66 MHz EDO memory interface
Accelerated 2D graphics
3D rendering engine (setup on CPU)
Digital Video input
High resolution: up to 1600 × 1200
Display resolution: 8, 16, 24, 32 bits/pixel
Simultaneous CRT & TV (NTSC/PAL) displays
Integrated 220 MHz RAM DAC and Digital Encoder
10/100 Ethernet MAC
P1284 parallel port
2 USB host ports
16550-compatible UART
PS2 style keyboard and mouse interface
IR interface (115Kbs)
I2C interface
DDC interface
Xbus (expansion bus) supports:
BIOS ROM
Audio and/or Modem Codec
24-bit RGB capable of driving an external flat panel
transmitter
MPEG/AC-3 decoder
Copyright Philips Electronics North America Corporation 1998
All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. Date of release: 12-98
Document order number: 9397 750 04962
