Toshiba Corp. has developed two types of microcomputer that operate at high speed with the lowest power consumption for their kind in the industry, the firm said Tuesday.
The two microcomputers -- TMP92CW53F and TMP92CW10F -- feature a one-chip, 32-bit complex instruction set computer (CISC) design.
Under the CISC system, it has previously been difficult to operate at high speeds with low power consumption.
The two microcomputers are said to be the first of their kind to reduce power consumption to 75 milliwatts.
Toshiba said that both the TMP92CW53F and TMP92CW10F meet the current requirements for microcomputers capable of operating at high speeds with lower power consumption, as used in personal electric products, computer memory devices and car audio systems.
The company has already prepared samples of the TMP92CW53F at a price of 2,000 yen each. It plans to begin mass producing the microcomputer in June with the goal of producing 500,000 units each month.
Samples for the TMP92CW10F will be available in March at 1,500 yen per unit, with mass production of the device starting in September, it said.
Toshiba also aims to produce 500,000 units of the TMP92CW10F each month, it added.
The microcomputers, integrating 128 kilobytes of read-only memory and 6 kilobytes of random access memory, have been developed based on the company's new 32-bit central processing unit core, TLCS-900/H1, Toshiba said.
The CPU boasts lower power consumption and enhanced processing capabilities compared with microcomputers that feature a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) design.