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DMA channel

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DMA channel

In computing, type of channel used for the fast transfer of data between a computer and peripherals such as CD-ROM drives. Most ISA (industry standard architecture) personal computers (PCs) have eight DMA channels, of which typically six are available for use by add-on peripherals, most of which require dedicated channels.



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Within the CoreFrame architecture, Palmchip's PalmPak SOC development platform contains all of the peripheral functions required for a basic SOC (the CoreFrame architecture with PalmChannel controller and CPU-MChannel, DMA Channel, Flash/SDRAM memory controller, communications I/O, and basic HW/SW verification test bench).
0 includes additional support for viewing and debugging the DMA channel, VU static code analysis, and frame-by-frame profiling -- all designed to enhance and speed up the debugging process.
for loading the DSP's internal SRAM with code and data at power-up), or as External Data Overlay memory, which is more efficient for writing to the Flash memory as no DMA channel setup is required.
 
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