Hardware Parameters

The CPU module main hardware resources are shown in Table 1-1:

Name MYC- AM3352 MYC- AM3354 MYC- AM3356 MYC- AM3357 MYC- AM3358 MYC- AM3359
Processor TI AM3352 TI AM3354 TI AM3356 TI AM3357 TI AM3358 TI AM3359
Kernel Cortex™-A8 Kernel, Frequency: 800MHz Cortex™-A8 Kernel, Frequency: 800MHz Cortex™-A8 Kernel, Frequency: 800MHz Cortex™-A8 Kernel, Frequency: 800MHz Cortex™-A8 Kernel, Frequency: 800MHz Cortex™-A8 Kernel, Frequency: 800MHz
Chip-RAM 64KB 64KB 64KB 64KB 64KB 64KB
Chip-ROM 176KB 176KB 176KB 176KB 176KB 176KB
DDR3 SDRAM 512MB 512MB 512MB 512MB 512MB 512MB
NandFlash 512MB 512MB 512MB 512MB 512MB 512MB
10M/100M/1000M Ethernet 1 1 1 1 1 1

Table 1-1

You can get to know the main differences of the six Sitara ARM Cortex-A8 processors from Table 1-2:

AM335x ARM Cortex™-A8 Processors

Core Feature AM3352 AM3354 AM3356 AM3357 AM3358 AM3359
Package 15x15mm, 0.8mm (ZCZ) 15x15mm, 0.8mm (ZCZ) 15x15mm, 0.8mm (ZCZ) 15x15mm, 0.8mm (ZCZ) 15x15mm, 0.8mm (ZCZ) 15x15mm, 0.8mm (ZCZ)
CPU Speed (MHz) 300, 600, 800, 1000 600, 800,1000 300, 600,800 300, 600,800 600, 800,1000 800
Core Internal Memory 64KB SRAM shared w/Data 32KB Cache, Programmable 32KB Cache 64KB SRAM shared w/Data 32KB Cache, Programmable 32KB Cache 64KB SRAM shared w/Data 32KB Cache, Programmable 32KB Cache 64KB SRAM shared w/Data 32KB Cache, Programmable 32KB Cache 64KB SRAM shared w/Data 32KB Cache, Programmable 32KB Cache 64KB SRAM shared w/Data 32KB Cache, Programmable 32KB Cache
On-chip L2 (KB) 256 256 256 256 256 256
External Memory Interface DDR2/DDR3/DDR3L/mDDR (LPDDR), 2x16-bit, NAND ECC DDR2/DDR3/DDR3L/mDDR (LPDDR), 2x16-bit, NAND ECC DDR2/DDR3/DDR3L/mDDR (LPDDR), 2x16-bit, NAND ECC DDR2/DDR3/DDR3L/mDDR (LPDDR), 2x16-bit, NAND ECC DDR2/DDR3/DDR3L/mDDR (LPDDR), 2x16-bit, NAND ECC DDR2/DDR3/DDR3L/mDDR (LPDDR), 2x16-bit, NAND ECC
Graphics - 3D Graphics - - 3D Graphics 3D Graphics
OS Support Linux, Android, RTOS, Windows Embedded, no-OS Linux, Android, RTOS, Windows Embedded, no-OS Linux, Android, RTOS, Windows Embedded, no-OS Linux, Android, RTOS, Windows Embedded, no-OS Linux, Android, RTOS, Windows Embedded, no-OS Linux, Android, RTOS, Windows Embedded, no-OS
Other Hardware Acceleration Crypto Accelerator Crypto Accelerator 2 PRU-ICSS Crypto Accelerator 2 PRU-ICSS Crypto Accelerator + EtherCAT slave support 2 PRU-ICSS Crypto Accelerator 2 PRU-ICSS Crypto Accelerator + EtherCAT slave support
10/100/1000EMAC 2 port switch 2 port switch 2 port switch 2 port switch 2 port switch 2 port switch
USB 2.0 OTG + PHY 2 2 2 2 2 2
Serial Ports 6 UART, 2 SPI, 3 I2C, 2 McASP, 2 CAN, 8 Timers 6 UART, 2 SPI, 3 I2C, 2 McASP, 2 CAN, 8 Timers 6 UART, 2 SPI, 3 I2C, 2 McASP, 2 CAN, 8 Timers 6 UART, 2 SPI, 3 I2C, 2 McASP, 2 CAN, 8 Timers 6 UART, 2 SPI, 3 I2C, 2 McASP, 2 CAN, 8 Timers 6 UART, 2 SPI, 3 I2C, 2 McASP, 2 CAN, 8 Timers
System EDMA, WDT, RTC, 3 eQEP, 3 eCAP, JTAG, ADC (8ch) EDMA, WDT, RTC, 3 eQEP, 3 eCAP, JTAG, ADC (8ch) EDMA, WDT, RTC, 3 eQEP, 3 eCAP, JTAG, ADC (8ch) EDMA, WDT, RTC, 3 eQEP, 3 eCAP, JTAG, ADC (8ch) EDMA, WDT, RTC, 3 eQEP, 3 eCAP, JTAG, ADC (8ch) EDMA, WDT, RTC, 3 eQEP, 3 eCAP, JTAG, ADC (8ch)
Parallel 3 MMC/SD/SDIO, GPIO 3 MMC/SD/SDIO, GPIO 3 MMC/SD/SDIO, GPIO 3 MMC/SD/SDIO, GPIO 3 MMC/SD/SDIO, GPIO 3 MMC/SD/SDIO, GPIO

Table 1-2 AM335x ARM Cortex-A8 Processors