Atmel Upgrades SAM9261S to SAM9G10 a 266 MHz ARM9-based Embedded Microprocessor

The new SAM9G10, an ARM926EJ-S-based embedded microprocessor is an upgrade to the established SAM9261S MCU

with improved performance and power consumption. The SAM9G10 is clocked at 266 MHz, compared to 188 MHz from its predecessor, with a bus frequency of 133 MHz compared to 94 MHz and consumes no more than 100 mW in full power mode.

Other improvements include: an LCD Controller that is RGB565 compliant whereas the SAM9261S LCDC was IBGR555 compliant; the provision of Schmitt Trigger inputs on all I/O lines; widening the supply voltage range on all PIO lines multiplexed with the External Bus Interface (EBI) to 1.65V to 3.6V, enabling 1.8V NAND Flash memories to be used when other PIOs are powered at 3.3V; enhancing the Multimedia Card Interface to add support for SD Input/Output (SDIO) Cards. The introduction of the SAM9261S further expands Atmel's 32-Bit MCU portfolio.
Application developers have an immediate start on products based on the SAM9G10, using free Microsoft® Windows® Embedded CE and Linux® Board Support Packages (BSPs) for both the SAM9G10 and the recently-upgraded SAM9R/RL embedded microcontroller for advanced graphical user interfaces (GUI). In addition to the operating system kernels, these BSPs include drivers for all the peripherals and interfaces of the devices, and code modules for basic data manipulation. They provide a robust platform to support application code development.

Available documentation for SAM9G10
There is a preliminary summary available for the SAM9G10 and also a preliminary users manual / programmers manual / data sheet for the SAM9G10 (12 MB!) 

Availability and Pricing
Samples of the SAM9G10 and the SAM9G10 Evaluation Kit are available now. The SAM9G10 is shipping in a 217-pin 0.8mm ball pitch BGA package and priced at US$6.20 in quantities of 10K parts, order code AT91SAM9G10-CU.

Atmel's AT91SAM product information may be retrieved at: http://www.atmel.com/products/at91/default.asp

Atmel's Microsoft Windows Embedded CE BSPs may be downloaded free of charge from: http://www.at91.com/windows4sam