MT6573
HSPA Smartphone Application Processor
Technical Brief
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1 System Overview
1.1 General Description
MT6573 is a highly integrated 3.75G baseband system-on-chip (SOC) platform which incorporates advanced features
like HSPA R6 modem, 676MHz ARM11 CPU, OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics, 8M camera ISP, Programmable hardware
video codec, and FWVGA (854x480) display. MT6573 can help phone manufacturers build high performance 3.75G smart
phone with PC-like browser, 3D gaming, and cinema class home entertainment experience.
The chip integrates two ARM1176 MCUs and a powerful Dual MAC DSP processor with advanced system power
management and multimedia capabilities. MT6573 interfaces to NAND flash memory and 32-bit LPDDR for optimal
performance, while supporting booting from NAND to minimize overall BOM cost. In addition, an extensive set of
interfaces and connectivity peripherals are included to interface to cameras, touch-screen displays, MMC/SD cards, and
external Bluetooth, WiLAN, and GPS modules.
The Application Processor, an ARM1176JZFS which include a Vector Floating Point Coprocessor, offers the processing
power necessary to support the latest OpenOS along with its demanding applications such as Web Browsing, Email, GPS
Navigation, and Games. All while viewed on a high resolution touch screen display with graphics enhanced by the 2D and
3D Graphics OpenGL ES 2.0 acceleration. The MFlexVideo programmable multi-standard codec and an advanced audio
subsystem are included to provide advanced multimedia applications and services such as Streaming audio and video, a
multitude of decoders and encoders such as H.264 and MPEG-4. To enrich camera feature, MT6573 equips an 8M camera
ISP with advanced features like auto focus, anti-handshake, continuous video AF, face detection, burst shot, optical zoom,
panorama view and 3D photo. Other audio support includes FR, EFR, HR, and AMR vocoders, polyphonic ringtones, and
advanced audio functions such as echo cancellation, hands-free speakerphone operation, and noise cancellation.
Modem subsystem built by An ARM1176JZS core, Dual MAC DSP, and EDGE/GPRS and HSPA coprocessors offers
powerful capability to support Category 8 (7.2 Mbps) HSDPA downlink and Category 6 (5.76 Mbps) HSUPA uplink data
rates, as well as Class 12 GPRS and EDGE.