Launch of First PowerQUICC III Device Expands Motorola's Communications Processor Leadership
Leveraging Motorola's Revolutionary PowerQUICC III System-on-Chip Architecture, the New MPC8560 Maintains the PowerQUICC Family Legacy Of Performance and Integration
NEW ORLEANS, July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SMART NETWORKS DEVELOPER
FORUM -- The demand for faster, more sophisticated processing in the control
and forwarding planes of networking and telecommunications equipment is
driving a revolution in communications processors. Motorola, Inc.
(NYSE: MOT - News), the market share leader in communications processors, revealed
details of its own technology revolution in its PowerQUICC III(TM) System-on-
Chip (SoC) Architecture-unveiling the company's first PowerQUICC III product
implementation, the MPC8560. Ideal for wired and wireless communications
processing tasks, the MPC8560 PowerQUICC III delivers the PowerQUICC family's
renowned integration together with performance headroom for intensive control
plane processing tasks and increased forwarding plane bandwidth.
Leveraging the comprehensive PowerQUICC III SoC Architecture, the MPC8560
employs a host of leading industry standards and innovative Motorola
technologies-including a high-performance Book E PowerPC e500(TM) core, an
enhanced Communications Processor Module (CPM), RapidIO(TM) interconnect
technology, Motorola's OCeaN(TM) crossbar switch fabric, dual Gigabit Ethernet
interfaces, and support for Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM) and PCI-X.
"With the introduction of the PowerQUICC III family, Motorola closes its
last remaining gap in the continuum of processors from CPE to the Optical
Backbone," says Eric Mantion, Senior Analyst for In-Stat/MDR. "No other
vendor can claim the breadth that is within Motorola's control and the Smart
Networks Platform support structure that buoys the entire processor spectrum
is truly world class. Motorola has continuously focused on making the arduous
task of developing next-generation carrier equipment as painless as possible
for its customers, and it shows."
The MPC8560 offers significant performance increases, with core speeds of
up to 1 GHz and CPM speeds of up to 333 MHz. The CPM architecture retains
software compatibility with the industry-leading PowerQUICC II family while
offering greater than 1.0 Gbps aggregate bandwidth-in addition to the
MPC8560's dual Gigabit Ethernet interfaces.
By using a SoC architecture in developing the PowerQUICC III family,
Motorola is able to leverage a high degree of integration and future product
flexibility. With the capability to add and customize specific processor
elements, this SoC approach further enables the company to design and develop
a variety of products targeted at specific application areas. Excitement is
already building for Motorola's PowerQUICC III architecture from leading
networking equipment manufacturers such as Alcatel.
"After a comprehensive study we have concluded that Motorola's PowerQUICC
III architecture offered the combination of integration, performance and value
we wanted for our next generation optical multi-service platform," stated
Paolo Danielutti, vice president, Optical Multi-service Networks for Alcatel's
optical networks activities.
"Motorola has been the market leader in this space since our introduction
of the industry's first communications processor in 1989," said David Perkins,
vice president and general manager of Motorola's Networking and Computing
Systems Group. "Leveraging our PowerQUICC III architecture, the new MPC8560
adds to our strong portfolio of PowerQUICC and PowerQUICC II communications
processors. Our innovative System-on-Chip methodology maintains our
commitment to unsurpassed integration and provides our valued customers with a
strong upgrade path and performance enhancements for years to come."
The MPC8560 - Highly Integrated for System Flexibility
The MPC8560 with its high degree of integrated functionality makes it an
ideal solution for integrated control and forwarding plane processing in
multi-service access platforms, central office switching and transmission,
wireless infrastructure, gigabit and terabit routers, voice gateway products,
IP Virtual Private Networks and optical networking equipment.
Unique features of the PowerQUICC III SoC Architecture and MPC8560
include:
Integration of the Book E PowerPC e500 CoreAs with all PowerQUICC devices, the MPC8560 integrates control and
forwarding plane tasks with a PowerPC ISA-based core and a Communications
Processor Module. The MPC8560 offers a significant core performance increase,
delivering operating speeds up to 1 GHz and providing greater headroom for
control plane processing tasks.
The MPC8560 integrates a large 256KB on-chip memory array. Providing
versatile options for customer design needs, the memory array is designed to
support 8-way set associative L2 cache operation, memory mapped SRAM
operation, or the array can be divided as a combination.
An Enhanced Communications Processor ModuleThe CPM performance has also been increased to 333 MHz, providing more
internetworking bandwidth between ATM, TDM, Ethernet and other protocols while
maintaining software compatibility with the PowerQUICC II CPM. The CPM
contains two multi-channel controllers, four serial communications
controllers, three fast communications controllers, eight time division
multiplexed (TDM) interfaces, 32K bytes of dual port RAM, 128K bytes ROM plus
32 Kbytes of RAM for protocol microcode storage.
RapidIO Interface SupportEnabling high-speed connections to additional CPUs, peripherals or bus
bridges, the MPC8560 employs the open standard RapidIO interconnect - the next
generation high-speed interconnect for embedded applications. Supporting four
priority levels with a maximum data payload of 256 bytes per packet, the
RapidIO interface is engineered to deliver significantly greater bandwidth,
scalability and reliability than interconnects used today.
Revolutionary OCeaN(TM) Crossbar Switch FabricLeveraging the concepts from Motorola's pioneering efforts in developing
the RapidIO interconnect standard, Motorola's OCeaN (On-Chip Network) crossbar
switch fabric provides cross-sectional bandwidth of up to 22 Gbps, peak
bandwidth per port, together with independent transaction queuing and flow
control. This switch fabric implementation is designed to enable high
bandwidth, high performance on-chip communication and to allow for the
execution of multiple simultaneous data transactions.
Dual Gigabit Ethernet InterfacesIncluding Layer 2 acceleration and Jumbo frame support, two full duplex
Gigabit Ethernet interfaces are engineered to provide dataflow flexibility and
easy connectivity for high-speed backplane or forwarding solutions.
Increased Memory and I/O Connectivity with DDR SDRAM Controller and PCI-
X SupportWith a DDR SDRAM controller designed to provide up to 333 MHz on a 64-bit
dedicated bus with EEC support, customers can add up to 3.5 GBytes of system
memory-increasing system performance, reliability and functionality.
Legacy support is enabled through an integrated 64-bit PCI-X controller,
enabling easy connectivity to a variety of industry standard peripherals.
Common Software Tools Across the PowerQUICC III FamilyTools and software are planned to be supplied by Motorola and members of
Motorola's Smart Networks Alliance. Additional announcements regarding third-
party support are forthcoming.
About Motorola's Smart Networks Platform
Motorola's family of communications, host, network and security processors
are part of the Motorola Smart Networks Platform. The 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 and critical alliances that together can help to
decrease development time from years to a matter of months. Additional
information can be found at http://www.motorola.com/smartnetworks .
About Motorola's Smart Networks Developer Forum
Focusing on education and collaboration, Motorola's Smart Networks
Developer Forum is a premier event for developers in the networking industry.
SNDF features technical education sessions and seminars from Motorola and
members of the Smart Networks Alliance-with topics such as programming and
hardware design with Motorola's state-of-the-art microprocessors; hardware and
software development including reference designs, interactive tutorials, case
studies; and perspectives on future direction and strategies. Additional
information can be found at: http://www.motorola.com/sndf
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 wireless communications and
networking enables customers to develop smarter, simpler, faster and
synchronized products for the person, work team, home and automobile.
Motorola's worldwide semiconductor sales were $4.9 billion (USD) in 2001.
http://www.motorola.com/semiconductors.
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT - News) is a global leader in providing integrated
communications and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 2001 were
$30 billion. http://www.motorola.com
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