APM801xx is a family of energy-efficient embedded processors providing the industry's smallest form factor for a Power Architecture-based product. APM801xx product family supports high performance and a broad selection of peripherals for range of consumer devices from gateways, control panels and energy meters to network attached storage systems, consumer Wi-Fi access points, residential gateways, and connected displays.

Each of the System-on-a-Chip (SoC) devices in the APM801xx family is designed to deliver server-class processing performance for consumer embedded systems that require less than 1W of operating power and low bill-of-material cost. Dramatic increases in volume for user-generated content (UGC) such as photos, music and video require large amounts of storage space and networking performance. Additionally, digital televisions and displays require direct Internet connections for IP content download and streaming of HD video. End-users and manufacturers for newly enabled Over-the-Top (OTT) features such as Hulu, YouTube, or Netflix are sensitive to ease-of-use issues. AppliedMicro's APM801xx family is designed to deliver the performance that enables these new applications. In connected displays for example, the APM801xx family serves as network co-processor to a video processing subsystem for Internet downloads.

The AppliedMicro APM801xx family supports CPU frequencies up to 800 Mhz. High-speed interchip and networking connectivity is key to the SoC's delivery of high performance at low power dissipation and each family member is enabled with a number of high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, SATA, GigE, SDIO, TDM and USB 2.0. The high integration and small footprint of the device helps drives minimal bill-of-material costs for embedded platforms. Estimated performance is 1,216 Dhrystone MIPS and typical power consumption is ~1W in active mode and 0.3W in standby mode.