This diagram is used to illustrate the 5 processor P’s: Price, Power, Performance, Peripherals, and Penguins. These domains are all well supported by the Blackfin processor. All Blackfin Processors offer fundamental benefits to the system designer which include high-performance signal processing and efficient control processing capability enabling a variety of new markets and applications. Dynamic Power Management (DPM) enables the system designer to specifically tailor the device power consumption profile to the end system requirements. Also included is an easy to use mixed 16-/32-bit Instruction Set Architecture and development tool suite ensuring that product development time is minimized. The Blackfin is also supported by a set of open source tools (uClinux kernel, GNU toolchain U-boot). The source for each is freely available on http://blackfin.uclinux.org, covered by a GPL or other OSI approved license. Many people are using the combination of Open Source and the Blackfin processor to decrease development effort, and add new and innovative features to their designs.

