Motorola Demonstrates PowerQUICC(TM) III Communications Processor at Smart Networks Developer Forum
Live Demonstration of Next Generation MPC8560 Integrated Communications Processor Showcased for Customers and Smart Networks Alliance Partners
DALLAS, March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SMART NETWORKS DEVELOPER FORUM -- The revolution in high-performance communications processing has begun. Motorola, Inc. today demonstrated live silicon functionality of the next generation PowerQUICC(TM) III processor containing a PowerPC(R) core to a packed house at its Smart Networks Developers Forum (SNDF) taking place in Dallas, Texas.
"In addition to reaching today's major milestone of demonstrating PowerQUICC III silicon, Motorola -- in concert with its alliance partners -- is delivering a comprehensive ecosystem that will benefit networking equipment customers who have experienced significant reductions in R&D spending during the last two years," said Eric Mantion, senior analyst for In-Stat/MDR. "The PowerQUICC III processor offers the most versatile and sophisticated communications processor architecture in the industry. This demonstration is a momentous accomplishment for this very successful SNDF."
"The MPC8560 communications processor raises the bar for Motorola and our customers in terms of performance, integrated features and functionality," said David Perkins, corporate vice president and general manager of Motorola's Networking and Computing Systems Group. "We are seeing a very positive response from several of the world's largest communications equipment manufacturers. The PowerQUICC III processor family is shaping up to be the most successful PowerQUICC product line we've ever introduced."
"As the first company to offer test and measurement support for PowerQUICC III, Tektronix is proud to participate in this first silicon demonstration here at SNDF," said David Bennett, general manager, Logic Analyzer Products at Tektronix. "With Tektronix' new TMS568 PowerQUICC III support package for the TLA700 Series logic analyzers, Motorola and its early adopter customers are able to test the logic of MPC8540/8560 processor-based designs with unprecedented speed, visibility and signal integrity."
The comprehensive PowerQUICC III System-on-Chip (SoC) architecture features an array of leading industry standards and advanced Motorola technologies, including a high-performance Book E PowerPC e500(TM) core, a 256KB on-chip L2 cache memory array, an enhanced Communications Processor Module (CPM), RapidIO(TM) interconnect technology, dual Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, and support for Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM) and PCI/PCI-X.
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
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