Freescale Semiconductor is expanding its range of power and performance options available for its QorIQ family of multicore platforms with the introduction of the QorIQ P4040 processor.
The four-core version of P4080 processor, the P4040 processor delivers low-power options for applications requiring optimal performance in a sub-15 watt power envelope. It is manufactured using 45nm process technology and integrates I/O technologies including dual 10Gbps ethernet (XAUI) controllers and eight 1Gbps ethernet (SGMII) controllers for packetised data processing, Freescale said.
According to Freescale, for non-packetised processing, there are three PCI Express v2.0 controllers/ports running at up to 5GHz and two Serial RapidIO controllers/ports running up to 3.125GHz. It also integrates four e500mc cores based on Power Architecture technology, delivering frequencies of 1.5GHz per core. Each core has a 28KB L2 backside cache and access to 2MB of shared frontside L3 cache. In addition, the P4040 boasts dual memory controllers that support DDR2 or DDR3 memories.
The company said that the new processor combines control, datapath and application layer processing, which lowers part counts, reduces system cost and shrinks product footprints. It is suitable for wireless infrastructure, enterprise routing and switching and industrial applications. It also leverages the P4080’s embedded hypervisor and Datapath Acceleration Architecture technologies.
Brett Butler, vice president and general manager of networking processor products division at Freescale, said: “The P4040’s exceptional performance and power profiles, together with the availability of an impressive range of enablement solutions makes the new device a compelling option for networking and communications equipment markets.”
