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Freescale Paves the Way for Autonomous Vehicles with Industry's First 32-Bit Flash-Based Microcontroller with FlexRay(TM); Integration of Networking Protocol with PowerPC(R) Core Targets High-End Powertrain and Chassis Applications
AUSTIN, Texas—(BUSINESS WIRE)—May 21, 2006—
Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B)
continues to steer the automotive industry toward safer, more reliable
cars with the industry's first 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) based on
the PowerPC(R) core with embedded flash and integrated FlexRay(TM)
protocol.
This combination of features on a single chip supports advanced
automotive control systems' demand for higher data transmission rates
and fault tolerance.
"FlexRay is gaining international support within the automotive
industry and will be used by vehicle makers to enable exciting new
safety-critical and performance features, as well as making on-board
networking of existing electronics systems more robust," said Chris
Webber, vice president of the Automotive Practice at Strategy
Analytics. "Freescale's latest PowerPC innovation integrating a 32-bit
core, 2MB of embedded flash and a FlexRay controller is important in
giving designers the opportunity to increase performance and
functionality while reducing cost and board space."
The MPC5567 enables fault-tolerant communication at high bandwidth
rates of 10Mbit/sec, reducing system cost by integrating maximum
functionality on the chip. The MCU is expected to be used in high-end
integrated chassis applications, as well as engine management and
control for maximum performance and efficiency. The MCU coordinates
and controls communication and activities between various systems in
the vehicle. For example, the MPC5567's integrated FlexRay
functionality is designed to enable the integrated chassis control
module to communicate in a quick, deterministic and dependable manner
with other electronic modules based on the FlexRay protocol in the
car. This helps provide increased performance and safety in braking,
stability and suspension systems.
"Freescale is the first supplier to offer this 32-bit integrated
solution," said Mike McCourt, vice president and general manager of
Freescale's microcontroller division. "We are ahead of the curve and
anticipate automotive system suppliers needing more integrated
solutions such as these in the future. The PowerPC core provides an
ideal platform for system-on-a-chip designs."
The MPC5567 expands on Freescale's MPC55XX families of MCUs.
Pin-compatibility throughout the entire flashed-based family gives
engineers the ability to migrate their efforts from one design to
another, reducing development costs and improving time to market. The
MPC55XX portfolio is expected to grow with devices that proliferate
with derivatives that will offer expanded sets of memory, connectivity
and performance options.
Features
-- 40 - 132MHz PowerPC ISA e200z6 Core +variable length encoding
-- Binary user mode compatible with RCPU (MPC500) and e200z6/3
-- 2Mbyte RWW flash with ECC, 64k SRAM, 8k cache
-- 56 timed I/O channels - 32 channel ETPU, 24 channel EMIOS with
unified channels
-- Dual-channel FlexRay device (10Mbit/sec)
-- Fast Ethernet Controller, MMI interface
-- 5 x FlexCAN - compatible with TouCAN, 64 buffers each
-- 2 x eSCI
-- 3 x DSPI 16 bits wide up to 6 chip selects each
-- Standard serial peripheral interface (SPI) with continuous
mode and DMA support
-- Pin serialization (similar to PPM)
-- 40 channel dual ADC - up to 12 bit and up to 1.25 microsecond
conversions, six queues with triggering and DMA support
Product Availability
The MPC5567 is available now in sample quantities. The MPC5567EVB
evaluation board is available now in sample quantities. For more
information about these products and support available, visit:
www.freescale.com/files/pr/mpc5567.html.
For MPC5567 graphics, go to
http://www.freescale.com/files/pr/graphicslibrary.html.
About the FlexRay Consortium
FlexRay founders Freescale, Philips, BMW and DaimlerChrysler have
been working together since 2000 to help speed the adoption of
FlexRay, a communications protocol designed to handle the growing
number of digital elements that make up a 21st century automobile.
Over the past two years, additional automotive companies, such as
Bosch, General Motors, Ford, Volkswagen, Audi and Siemens VDO, have
joined these leaders in an effort to make FlexRay the de facto
standard for advanced applications in the automotive industry. Today,
more than 80 companies from the automotive, semiconductor and software
industries support the FlexRay standard. FlexRay-enabled vehicles are
expected to hit the market in 2006. For more information about the
FlexRay Consortium, visit http://www.flexray.com.
About Freescale Semiconductor
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) is a global
leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for
the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets.
Freescale became a publicly traded company in July 2004 after more
than 50 years as part of Motorola, Inc. The company is based in
Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing
or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale, a member of
the S&P 500(R), is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies
with 2005 sales of $5.8 billion (USD). www.freescale.com.
Freescale Technology Forum
The Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) is fast becoming the embedded
semiconductor industry's premier developer conference. A global
program, FTF events feature visionary keynote speakers, in-depth
technical training, and interactive demonstrations from Freescale and
leading hardware, software and tools providers. For detailed
information about FTF events around the world, please go to
www.freescale.com/ftf.
Freescale Reader Inquiry Response
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Freescale(TM) and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale
Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service names are the
property of their respective owners. The "PowerPC" name is a trademark
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Inc. 2006.
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