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V850 Core


The ancestor of all of NEC Electronics' 32-bit microcontrollers is the original V850 core. Though once very popular, it is no longer used for new microcontroller designs since its successors, the V850ES and V850E1/E2 cores, are readily available.

The V850ES is optimized for lowest costs, making it an ideal choice for applications often served by 16-bit microcontrollers. To complement this, the V850E1 core was designed for high performance. Later, its successor, the V850E2, pushed the performance bar even further.

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Feature Core
V850ES V850E1 V850E2
Architecture Harvard, RISC Harvard, RISC Harvard, RISC
Data bus width 32-bit 32-bit 32-bit
Address space (program) 16 MB 64 MB 512 MB
Address space (data) 16 MB 256 MB 4 GB
ALU width 32-bit 32-bit 32-bit
Multiplication 16 x 16 -> 32,
32 x 32 -> 64 		16 x 16 -> 32,
32 x 32 -> 64 		16 x 16 -> 32,
32 x 32 -> 64
MAC instruction
Number of instructions 80 80 89
Instruction pipeline 5 stages 5 stages 7 stages
Max. memory size 1 MB 1 MB 32 MB
Max. clock speed 48 MHz 150 MHz 200 MHz
Min. instruction time 21 ns 6.7 ns 5 ns
Max. Dhrystone MIPS 98 323 432
Design target cost efficiency high performance even higher performance
Applications General Purpose
CAN Interface
Motor Control
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