Freescale extends its PowerQUICC III processor family

(Product News, 26 Feb 2007)

Freescale Semiconductor's communications processor families have defined and delivered innovation for more than fifteen years. Continuing this tradition is the MPC8544E, the newest member of the PowerQUICC™III family.

The MPC8544E is designed to address growing demand for advanced interconnect technologies and low power consumption in high performance applications. It incorporates SGMII interfaces and three multi-lane PCI Express ports. Additionally, the MPC8544E is one of the industry's lowest power-consumption system-on-chips (SoCs) to deliver gigabit performance. Consuming only 3.75W typical core power at gigahertz operation, the MPC8544E greatly reduces the challenges of thermal management in fanless embedded applications.

"Today's performance-driven embedded applications are constricted by the competing requirements of extensive computation, high data throughput and ever-decreasing power budgets," said Jeff Timbs, marketing director for Freescale's Digital Systems Division. "The MPC8544E eases this dilemma and enables the creation of highly advanced equipment for a broad spectrum of applications."

The MPC8544E is a highly flexible processor configurable for a wide range of applications that demand high general-purpose processing performance. It is well suited for network routers, industrial controllers, imaging systems, enterprise wireless access points and video surveillance/conferencing equipment.

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