MPC8560: Integrated Communications Processor

Freescale Semiconductor

Description:

The PowerQUICC III MPC8560 is a versatile one-chip integrated microprocessor and peripheral combination that can be used in a variety of controller applications, excelling particularly in communications and networking products.

The MPC8560 architecture integrates two processing blocks. One block is a high-performance embedded e500 core. The second block is the Communications Processor Module (CPM). The CPM of the PowerQUICC III can support three fast serial communications controllers (FCCs), two multichannel controllers (MCCs), four serial communications controllers (SCCs), one serial peripheral interface (SPI), and one I2C interface.

The PowerQUICC III also offers two integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet controllers, a DDR SDRAM memory controller, a 64-bit PCI-X/PCI controller, and a RapidIO interconnect. This high level of integration helps simplify board design and offers significant bandwidth and performance for high-end control-plane and data-plane applications.

Categories:

Semiconductors Semiconductors > Processors