Customers Benefit From New Cost Effective Package and Improved
Performance of PowerPC(TM) Processors
BOSTON, EMBEDDED SYSTEMS CONFERENCE, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Further
enhancing their comprehensive Smart Networks Platform, Motorola, Inc.
(NYSE: MOT) today announced two advanced members of their integrated host
processor family -- the newly packaged MPC8241 and the speed enhanced MPC8245.
Both of these new processors deliver a cost-effective solution based on the
PowerPC(TM) architecture, targeting applications requiring system-on-a-chip
(SoC) integration and PCI connectivity in the networking infrastructure,
storage, and telecommunications markets.
"Our goal is to continually provide customers with a wide range of PowerPC
processors that deliver a cost effective mix of performance and integration
for embedded networking solutions," said Brian Wilkie, corporate vice
president and general manager of Motorola's Computing Platform Division.
"With over 50 design wins already, Motorola's integrated host processors are
designed to improve our customer's ability to develop and deploy products
faster and more cost effectively through low power consumption and reduced
board space."
The MPC8245 and MPC8241 integrate a full-featured embedded PowerPC 603e
core, integrating a high performance 32-bit processor with floating point,
memory management, branch prediction unit, and 16K data and 16K instruction
cache. Additional on-chip features include high performance memory
controller, Interrupt Controller, DMA Controller, I2C interface and
16550 compatible DUART. Ideal applications include wireless LAN,
routers/switches, embedded computing, network storage, disc controller for
RAID systems, copier/printer board control and image display systems. Clock
generation logic for PCI and memory has been built into the chip, reducing the
requirement for an external clock generator.
The MPC8241 is offered in a new 357-pin plastic BGA package -- designed
for additional cost and board space savings while retaining the functionally
of the MPC8245. The MPC8241 is expected to be offered at 166 and 200MHz. In
addition, the recently announced MPC8245 now offers higher performance with
new 333 and 350MHz versions. As part of Motorola's Integrated Host Processor
family, both the MPC8241 and MPC8245 offer performance with a high level of
integration, significant reduction of system component cost, simplified board
design and reduced power consumption.
Further simplifying customer design time, the PowerPC architecture is
supported by an extensive suite of development tools from Motorola's Smart
Networks Alliance. One of the first vendors expected to offer speed enhanced
MPC8245 based products will be SBE Inc., a leading supplier of specialized
communications and networking controller cards. They currently offer
CompactPCI(R), PCI and Packet Switched Backplane modular core processing
platforms using the MPC8245.
"Our carrier grade HighWire(TM) communications products required a compact
high throughput CPU solution with proven reliability," said Gary Hasenfus,
senior product manager for SBE. "By selecting Motorola's highly integrated
MPC8245 PowerPC CPU we were able to reduce our overall development time,
component count, board space and power consumption while achieving the high
CPU and memory performance our customers require."
Pricing and Availability
The MPC8241 is sampling today, with production slated to begin fourth
quarter 2001. It is expected to be available at a suggested list price in
10,000 quantities of approximately $19.89 for the 166MHz device and
approximately $22.95 for the 200MHz device. The speed enhanced MPC8245 is
currently sampling, with production expected to begin fourth quarter 2001, and
is expected to be available at a suggested list price in 10,000 quantities of
approximately $45.60 for the 333MHz device and approximately $48.93 for the
350MHz device.
For technical specifications, application note, and more information about
Motorola's family of PowerPC processors visit:
http://www.motorola.com/smartnetworks.
About Motorola's Smart Networks Platform
Motorola's Smart Networks Platform provides a single solution for
developing networking applications from SOHO to access to edge to core. It's
the combination of sophisticated hardware, standard networking software,
critical alliances, and a comprehensive development environment that together
help to accelerate development time from years to a matter of months.
Additional information can be found at http://www.motorola.com/smartnetworks
About Motorola
As the world's #1 producer of embedded processors, Motorola's
Semiconductor Products Sector creates DigitalDNA(TM) system-on-chip solutions
for a connected world. Our strong focus on communications and networking
enables customers to develop smarter, simpler, safer and synchronized products
for the person, work team, home and automobile. Motorola's worldwide
semiconductor sales were $7.9 billion (USD) in 2000.
http://www.motorola.com/semiconductors/
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is a global leader in providing integrated
communications and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 2000 were
$37.6 billion. http://www.motorola.com
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