July 3, 2012, Seoul, Korea – Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE: FSL www.freescale.com ) is launching two QorIQ AMP series processors that provide an ideal combination of performance, power, and integration to meet the increasingly demanding energy, security, and processing requirements of advanced network equipment manufacturers.
The new 28nm QorIQ AMP T1042 and T2080 devices join the T4240 product, a QorIQ AMP series announced by Freescale as a flagship product for high-end systems, and apply the same advanced characteristics as the QorIQ AMP series to entry-level and mid-range products.
With the launch of these two products, Freescale’s QorIQ AMP series now boasts a comprehensive, highly scalable portfolio of 64-bit, software-compatible devices based on a common architecture and integrating next-generation Freescale multicore IP. All AMP products provide advanced acceleration engines, shared virtualization technology, sophisticated power management systems, and next-generation security features.

Freescale’s industry-standard QorIQ AMP portfolio will soon be joined by a quad-core, 800MHz product operating at less than 5 watts, a device integrating 8 virtual cores with 1.8GHz performance per core, and a performance-oriented processor featuring 12 dual-thread cores.

Bernd Lienhard, Vice President and General Manager of Freescale’s Networking Processor business unit, said, “With the launch of the advanced QorIQ T1042 and T2080 processors, Freescale continues to raise the definition of excellence in the 28nm embedded networking processor market.” “This sophisticated solution leverages Freescale’s strengths in R&D and rich networking IP to demonstrate our commitment to developing a scalable, compatible product portfolio that has come to define the QorIQ processor as a model of what intelligent integration is,” he said.