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== Specifications ==
 
== Specifications ==
*AICA clock rate: 67 MHz {{ref|http://web.archive.org/web/20000823204755/computer.org/micro/articles/dreamcast_2.htm}}
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*AICA clock rate: 67 MHz{{ref|http://web.archive.org/web/20000823204755/computer.org/micro/articles/dreamcast_2.htm}}
*CPU core: ARM7 @ 45 MHz {{ref|http://www.segatech.com/technical/saturnspecs/}}
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*CPU core: ARM7 @ 45 MHz{{ref|http://www.segatech.com/technical/saturnspecs/}}
 
**Performance: 32‑bit RISC instructions @ 40 MIPS (million instructions per second)
 
**Performance: 32‑bit RISC instructions @ 40 MIPS (million instructions per second)
 
*[[Pulse-code modulation|PCM]]: 64 simultaneous audio channels, 16‑bit depth, 48 kHz sampling rate {{fileref|DreamcastDevBoxSystemArchitecture.pdf}}{{ref|http://segatech.com/technical/overview/index.html}}
 
*[[Pulse-code modulation|PCM]]: 64 simultaneous audio channels, 16‑bit depth, 48 kHz sampling rate {{fileref|DreamcastDevBoxSystemArchitecture.pdf}}{{ref|http://segatech.com/technical/overview/index.html}}
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*DSP for reverb, chorus and other musical effects
 
*DSP for reverb, chorus and other musical effects
 
*[[RAM]]: 2 [[Byte|MB]] (Dreamcast), 8 MB (NAOMI)
 
*[[RAM]]: 2 [[Byte|MB]] (Dreamcast), 8 MB (NAOMI)
*Middleware: Audio compression, voice recognition {{ref|http://web.archive.org/web/20000823204755/computer.org/micro/articles/dreamcast_2.htm}}
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*Middleware: Audio compression, voice recognition{{ref|http://web.archive.org/web/20000823204755/computer.org/micro/articles/dreamcast_2.htm}}
  
 
[[Category:Sound Hardware]]
 
[[Category:Sound Hardware]]

Revision as of 23:27, 7 September 2016

The Yamaha AICA Super Intelligent Sound Processor is a Yamaha sound processor released for the Sega Dreamcast console and Sega NAOMI arcade system in 1998.

Specifications

  • AICA clock rate: 67 MHz[1]
  • CPU core: ARM7 @ 45 MHz[2]
    • Performance: 32‑bit RISC instructions @ 40 MIPS (million instructions per second)
  • PCM: 64 simultaneous audio channels, 16‑bit depth, 48 kHz sampling rate [3][4]
    • Hardware ADPCM 4:1 decompression
  • XG MIDI support
  • 3D environment effects
  • DSP for reverb, chorus and other musical effects
  • RAM: 2 MB (Dreamcast), 8 MB (NAOMI)
  • Middleware: Audio compression, voice recognition[1]
  • 1.0 1.1 htt (Wayback Machine: 2000-08-23 20:47)
  • http://www.segatech.com/technical/saturnspecs/
  • File:DreamcastDevBoxSystemArchitecture.pdf
  • http://segatech.com/technical/overview/index.html