Freescale Semiconductor has launched a new dual-core processor with power management capabilities to support energy-efficient designs for embedded applications. The company claims the new QorIQ P1022 processor to help embedded systems designers’ satisfy green-energy mandates while achieving low overall system cost.
Freescale said that the new P1022 processor, based on 45-nm process technology, is a member of its QorIQ multicore product line. It is suitable for applications where energy efficiency is necessary, including printing and imaging products, video surveillance technology, storage equipment, and industrial automation and control applications.
According to Freescale, the new processor features a dual gigahertz core system for concurrent applications processing, delivering networked services, media processing and user-interface capabilities. Built on two Power Architecture cores ranging from 600MHz to 1GHz, it features triple PCI Express interconnects, hardware acceleration, 256KB L2 cache and DDR2/3 memory options.
The company said that the new P1022 integrates Serial ATA interconnect technology and SD/MMC controllers for connectivity to integrated storage devices. Its power management features include the company’s Jog technology, which lowers power consumption for cyclical workloads.
The P1022 processor reportedly achieves cost savings at the system level by integrating system peripherals including gigabit ethernet, IEEE 1588, USB 2.0, SATA, SD/MMC, DUART, SPI, I2C and a user interface LCD controller. In addition, it uses a printed circuit board that is routable in four signal layers. It also features boot modes including NAND flash, serial flash and removable SD/MMC.
Brett Butler, vice president and general manager of networking processor division at Freescale, said: “Freescale has designed the QorIQ P1022 processor with advanced power and energy management capabilities to help multicore processing applications meet increasing energy-efficiency standards while enabling low system cost.”
