<s>
The	O
Texas	B-General_Concept
Instruments	I-General_Concept
DaVinci	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
system	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
processors	O
that	O
are	O
primarily	O
used	O
in	O
embedded	O
video	O
and	O
vision	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
processors	O
in	O
the	O
family	O
combine	O
a	O
DSP	B-Architecture
core	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
TMS320	B-Architecture
C6000	O
VLIW	B-General_Concept
DSP	B-Architecture
family	O
and	O
an	O
ARM	B-Architecture
CPU	O
core	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
system	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
using	O
both	O
a	O
general-purpose	O
processor	O
and	O
a	O
DSP	B-Architecture
,	O
the	O
control	O
and	O
media	O
portions	O
can	O
both	O
be	O
executed	O
by	O
processors	O
that	O
excel	O
at	O
their	O
respective	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
chips	O
in	O
the	O
family	O
included	O
DSP-only	O
and	O
ARM-only	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
processors	O
were	O
based	O
either	O
on	O
cores	O
that	O
could	O
do	O
signal	O
processing	O
optimally	O
,	O
like	O
DSPs	O
or	O
GPUs	O
or	O
based	O
on	O
cores	O
that	O
could	O
do	O
general	O
purpose	O
processing	O
optimally	O
,	O
like	O
,	O
powerPC	O
,	O
ARM	B-Architecture
,	O
StrongARM	O
and	O
so	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
using	O
both	O
a	O
general-purpose	O
processor	O
and	O
a	O
DSP	B-Architecture
on	O
a	O
single	O
chip	O
,	O
the	O
control	O
and	O
media	O
portions	O
can	O
both	O
be	O
executed	O
by	O
processors	O
that	O
excel	O
at	O
their	O
respective	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
providing	O
a	O
bundled	O
offering	O
with	O
system	O
and	O
application	O
software	O
,	O
evaluation	O
modules	O
and	O
debug	O
tools	O
based	O
on	O
Code	O
Composer	O
Studio	O
,	O
TI	B-General_Concept
DaVinci	I-General_Concept
processors	O
were	O
intended	O
to	O
win	O
over	O
a	O
broader	O
set	O
of	O
customers	O
looking	O
to	O
add	O
video	O
feature	O
to	O
their	O
electronic	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
TI	O
followed	O
up	O
with	O
DSP	B-Architecture
only	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
chips	O
in	O
the	O
family	O
,	O
called	O
DM643x	O
(	O
DM6431	O
,	O
DM6433	O
,	O
DM6435	O
,	O
DM6437	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dec	O
3	O
,	O
2012	O
DM385	O
and	O
DM8107	O
ARM+	O
co-processor	O
chips	O
that	O
does	O
1080p60	O
encode/decode	O
and	O
high	O
quality	O
image	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
these	O
model	O
numbers	O
should	O
,	O
formally	O
,	O
be	O
prefixed	O
by	O
TMS320	B-Architecture
;	O
the	O
prefix	O
is	O
usually	O
omitted	O
for	O
brevity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
TMS320	B-Architecture
DSPs	O
include	O
a	O
TMS320	B-Architecture
Chip	O
Support	O
Library	O
(	O
CSL	O
)	O
which	O
is	O
an	O
API	O
used	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
peripherals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
since	O
the	O
philosophy	O
for	O
the	O
DaVinci	O
was	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
ARM/Linux	O
side	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
peripherals	O
via	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
drivers	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
CSL	O
on	O
the	O
DM644x	O
(	O
dual	O
core	O
ARM/DSP	O
)	O
is	O
not	O
currently	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
DSP	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DSP	B-Architecture
included	O
in	O
many	O
DaVinci-based	O
devices	O
generally	O
runs	O
TI	O
's	O
TI-RTOS	B-Operating_System
Kernel	I-Operating_System
real-time	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
DM644x	O
)	O
,	O
DSP/BIOS	B-Operating_System
Link	I-Operating_System
drivers	O
run	O
on	O
both	O
the	O
ARM	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
and	O
the	O
DSP	B-Architecture
to	O
provide	O
communication	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
operating	O
systems	O
for	O
the	O
DaVinci	O
ARM	B-Architecture
and	O
support	O
DaVinci	O
and	O
the	O
DSP/BIOS	B-Operating_System
Link	I-Operating_System
drivers	O
:	O
</s>
