MPC830x Portfolio, Providing Up to 800 MIPS Performance, Low Power Consumption, and Enhanced Connectivity at a Resale Price of Under $10. Freescale Semiconductor introduces a new portfolio of cost-effective PowerQUICC II® Pro processors with excellent power-to-performance ratio and upgraded interconnect technology.

The new MPC830x communications processor portfolio, available at resale prices under $10, includes the MPC8308, MPC8309, and MPC8306/8306S, all of which provide upgraded high-speed interconnects, enabling customers to lower Bill of Material (BOM) costs in target applications such as cards, industrial applications, WLAN access points, intelligent NIC equipment, smart energy gateways, and general-purpose control functions.

Dhiraj Handa, General Manager and Director of the Customer Business Unit at Freescale Networking and Multimedia Group, stated, “The MPC830x portfolio targets new and existing customers seeking high integration, scalable performance, and low power for entry-level networking, industrial control, or factory automation applications. Code compatibility with existing PowerQUICC I and II products, the strengths of upgraded peripherals, and aggressive price-performance are hallmarks of this new product portfolio.”

All products in the MPC830x portfolio are equipped with the e300c3 (based on MPC603e), which is implemented with Power Architecture® technology including a 16KB L1 instruction and data cache, an IEEE 754 double-precision floating-point unit, a dual integer unit, and an on-chip Memory Management Unit (MMU). The MPC8306/09 device provides up to 800 MIPS of performance along with high integration, low power consumption, fanless, “eco-friendly,” and low-cost design.

The MPC830x communications processor portfolio was designed at Freescale's design center in India using advanced SoC design methodologies and technologies to achieve fast cycle times from product definition to silicon certification.

MPC8309 Product Features
• e300 core at up to 400MHz
• Single RISC QUICC Engine™ communication module
• 16/32-bit DDR2 memory controller including ECC support up to 266MHz
• Multiple Fast Ethernet/HDLC ports and IEEE® 1588 support with peripheral interfaces such as 32-bit/66MHz PCI, 16-bit/66MHz local bus interface, USB 2.0 (high speed), x4 CAN, x4 UART, enhanced SDHC controller, and five integrated communication protocols.

MPC8306/8306S Product Features
• e300 core at up to 266 MHz
• Single RISC QUICC Engine communication module
• 16-bit DDR2 memory controller up to 266MHz
• Supports multiple Fast Ethernet/HDLC ports and IEEE® 1588 with peripheral interfaces including a 16-bit/66MHz local bus interface, USB 2.0 (high speed), x4 CAN, x4 UART, an enhanced SDHC controller, and five integrated communication protocols.

MPC8308 Product Features
• e300 core at up to 400MHz
• 16/32-bit DDR2 memory controller including ECC support up to 266/333MHz