DSP

The DSPs in the APU are probably "Parthus MediaStream" DSP core (DSP24210/DSP2420?).

Those are similar to Motorola DSP56362 (DSP56300 Family). If so, the datasheet can be found at http://www.nxp.com/docs/en/data-sheet/DSP56362.pdf (Also see "Documentation" section in said datasheet for the related documentation)

Memory Size

	Program RAM Size	X Data RAM Size	Y Data RAM Size	MIXBUF Size
GP	4096 x 24-bit	4096 x 24-bit	2048 x 24-bit	992[FIXME] x 24-bit
EP	4096 x 24-bit	3072 x 24-bit	256 x 24-bit	n/a

MIXBUF is accessible at X:$001400 in the GP.

Other datasheets for similar DSPs suggest that the memory sizes might be different if instruction cache or switch mode are toggled. It is currently unknown if the DSPs in the Xbox APU support a similar feature^[FIXME].

DMA

This section is very incomplete and not much was tested on hardware either

DMA is controlled using peripheral registers:

• 0xFFFFD4: Memory address of next command block
• 0xFFFFD5: DMA_START_BLOCK^[FIXME]
• 0xFFFFD6: DMA_CONTROL^[FIXME]
• 0xFFFFD7: DMA_CONFIGURATION^[FIXME]

Additionally, bit 7 in the interrupt register at 0xFFFFC5 is set if a DMA End-Of-List has been encountered.

Command blocks

DSP command blocks are loaded from X-Memory.

Word	Meaning	Notes
0	Next command block address	Memory address of next command block. Bit 14 is used as End-Of-List marker.
1	Transfer control word	Controls the DMA transfer: Direction (Bit-offset 1; 1-bit). 0 = Buffer to DSP 1 = DSP to buffer Buffer (Bit-offset 5; 4-bits). 0x0 = FIFO0 0x1 = FIFO1 0x2 = FIFO2[citation needed] 0x3 = FIFO3[citation needed] 0x4 0x5 0x6 0x7 0x8 0x9 0xA 0xB 0xC 0xD 0xE = Circular 0xF Sample format (Bit-offset 10; 3-bits). 0x0 = 8 bit 0x1 = 16 bit 0x2 = 24 bit in MSB 0x3 = 32 bit 0x4 0x5 0x6 = 24 bit in LSB 0x7 Step size (Bit-offset 14; unknown size). 0 = Keeps reading from same source offset 1 = Reads every sample 2 = Reads every second sample ...
2	Transfer sample count	The number of samples to transfer.
3	DSP address	This is the address in the DSP: 0x0000 - 0x17FF = X-Memory 0x1800 - 0x27FF = Y-Memory 0x2800 - 0x37FF = P-Memory
4	Buffer offset	This is the address within the buffer where the first sample is accessed.
5	Buffer base	The start of the buffer.
6	Buffer limit	The end of the buffer. For 0x1000 bytes, this has to be 0xFFF.[FIXME]

Related links

• Modernized fork of a56, open-source assembler for the similar 56000 architecture