The TMS320C64x+\x99 DSPs (including the TMS320C6454 device) are the highest-performance fixed-point DSP generation in the TMS320C6000\x99 DSP platform. The C6454 device is based on the third-generation high-performance, advanced VelociTI\x99 very-long-instruction-word (VLIW) architecture developed by Texas Instruments (TI), making these DSPs an excellent choice for applications including video and telecom infrastructure, imaging/medical, and wireless infrastructure (WI). The C64x+\x99 devices are upward code-compatible from previous devices that are part of the C6000\x99 DSP platform.

The C6454 offers a lower cost pin-compatible migration path for C6455 customers who don't need the 2MB of the C6455 or the high-speed interconnect provided by Serial RapidIO.