http://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/Devices.aspx?product=PIC32MZ2048ECH100
Microchip PIC32 microcontroller.
- 512 KB of SRAM
- 2 MB of NOR flash
- MIPS microAptiv CPU
- No crypto accelerator (ECM series has this)
- ADC
- PLL
- Other miscellaneous stuff
This is the first chip we've seen with a microAptiv core and Microchip's most powerful MCU to date, presumably intended to give STM32 a run for its money.
It's brand new, to the point that Microchip's website still shows it as “future product” and it's not sold on anything but dev boards. We just wanted process info so the rather serious errata were a non-issue.
Looks like a 90 nm copper process, probably 6-metal. Fill pattern looks like TSMC.
Box
Board
Package
Markings:
(Microchip logo) PIC32
MZ2048ECH
100-I/PT
EAS3A3STDF3
1347JEJ
Die
Size is approximately 5800 x 5500 μm (31.9 mm2)
Top layer
Overview
Power distribution wiring
Top left corner showing standard TSMC fill patterns
Long shot of mask rev markings
Closeup of mask rev markings. Looks like five copper layers and one thick aluminum layer.
Active
NOR flash
Litho-optimized SRAM cells. Bitcell area matches published TSMC 90nm SRAM size exactly.
Random gates in middle of die.
